Requests for new languages/Wikipedia European Portuguese 2

European Portuguese WikipediaEdit

Requests for new languages (Wikipedia European Portuguese 2)

submitted	verification	final decision

	This proposal has been rejected. This decision was taken by the language committee in accordance with the Language proposal policy based on the discussion on this page. The closing committee member provided the following comment: European Portuguese is not recognised as a separate language

Proposal summary
Language details: European Portuguese (pfl ISO 639-3) Editing community: maccoutinho (NP) List your user name if you're interested in editing the wiki. Add "N" next to your name if you are a native speaker of this language. Relevant pages: — External links: —
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Arguments in favourEdit

There are several differences between Brazilian-Portuguese and Portuguese-Portuguese, not just in the way certain words are spelled but also in the overall syntax of sentences.
When you create an account on Wikipedia you can choose on your control panel between br-portuguese and pt-portuguese so why shouldn't that choice be extended throughout the actual contents of the Wikipedia itself.

Arguments againstEdit

The code pfl is not for European Portuguese, it is for Pfaelzisch. "European Portuguese" is not a language yet, it is just a variety of Portuguese. Jesielt 23:47, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

General discussionEdit

none.