Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Hakka

Hakka Wikipedia

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Requests for new languages (Wikipedia Hakka)

submitted verification final decision This proposal has been closed as part of a reform of the request process. This request has not necessarily been rejected, and new requests are welcome. This decision was taken by the language committee in accordance with the Language proposal policy. The closing committee member provided the following comment: This discussion was created before the implementation of the Language proposal policy, and it is incompatible with the policy. Please open a new proposal in the format this page has been converted to (see the instructions). Do not copy discussion wholesale, although you are free to link to it or summarise it (feel free to copy your own comments over). —{admin} Pathoschild 19:49, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Proposal summary
Language details: Hakka (zh-hakka [invented]) Editing community: Kaihsu, Chun-hian, A-giâu 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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• Orthography: unspecified

• Comments
  • I would like to express the concern that a Hakka WP might draw away from the workforce of the Minnan WP. I don't think that it's a good reason to not have a Hakka Wikipedia, but I do think that, as long as the Minnan Wikipedia is as small as it is now, we should try to be careful. --Node ue 22:22, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    • It wouldn't draw away resources in a significant way: more likely it'd just die without the active participation of native speakers (which the mentioned speakers are not). A-giâu 22:26, 5 Jul 2005 (UTC)
• Votes
  • Support Exist 30 million of speakers [1]. Also spoken in Brunei, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Indonesia (Java and Bali), Malaysia (Peninsular), Mauritius, New Zealand, Panama, Singapore, South Africa, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA. Maybe I try to find some Hakka speakers in my country. --Taichi - (あ！) 23:28, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Opposes, see my explanation here in the opposing section^(#21). --Shibo77 21:04, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Support--Jasonzhuocn...._交流 16:35, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Support nl:Gebruiker:Boudewijn Idema 16:30 , 2 september