Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Mara

submitted	verification	final decision

	This language has been verified as eligible. The language is eligible for a project, which means that the subdomain can be created once there is an active community and a localized interface, as described in the language proposal policy. You can discuss the creation of this language project on this page. Once the criteria are met, the language committee can proceed with the approval and will verify the test project content with a reliable neutral source, such as a professor or expert. If you think the criteria are met, but the project is still waiting for approval, feel free to notify the committee and ask them to consider its approval.

The community needs to develop an active test project; it must remain active until approval (automated statistics, recent changes). It is generally considered active if the analysis lists at least three active, not-grayed-out editors listed in the sections for the previous few months.
The community needs to complete required MediaWiki interface translations in that language (about localization, translatewiki, check completion).
The community needs to discuss and complete the settings table below:

What	Value	Example / Explanation

Proposal
Language code	mrh (SIL, Glottolog)	A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name	Mara	Language name in English
Language name	Mara reih	Language name in your language. This will appear in the language list on Special:Preferences, in the interwiki sidebar on other wikis, ...
Language Wikidata item	Q4175893 - item has currently the following values: English label: Mara native label (P1705): instance of (P31)/subclass of (P279): language, modern language / Maraic Wikimedia language code (P424): mrh writing system (P282): Latin script number of speakers, writers, or signers (P1098): 400,000	Item about the language at Wikidata. It would normally include the Wikimedia language code, name of the language, etc. Please complete at Wikidata if needed.
Directionality	LTR	Is the language written from left to right (LTR) or from right to left (RTL)?
Links		Links to previous requests, or references to external websites or documents.
Site URL	mrh.wikipedia.org	langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
Project name	Wikipedia	"Wikipedia" in your language
Project namespace	Wikipedia	usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace	Wikipedia_reihpahmaohpa	"Wikipedia talk" (the discussion namespace of the project namespace)
Enable uploads	no	Default is "no". Preferably, files should be uploaded to Commons. If you want, you can enable local file uploading, either by any user ("yes") or by administrators only ("admin"). Notes: (1) This setting can be changed afterwards. The setting can only be "yes" or "admin" at approval if the test creates an Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) first. (2) Files on Commons can be used on all Wikis. (3) Uploading fair-use images is not allowed on Commons (more info). (4) Localisation to your language may be insufficient on Commons.
Optional settings
Project logo	File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-mrh.svg	This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone	Asia/Yangon	"Continent/City", e.g. "Europe/Brussels" or "America/Mexico City" (see list of valid timezones)
Additional namespaces	page, page talk, portal, potal talk,	For example, a Wikisource would need "Page", "Page talk", "Index", "Index talk", "Author", "Author talk".
Additional settings		Anything else that should be set
Once settings are finalized, a committee member will submit a Phabricator task requesting creation of the wiki. (This will include everything automatically, except the additional namespaces/settings.) After the task is created, it should be linked to in a comment under "final decision" above.

Proposal

Mara is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by Mara people, mostly Tlosaih tribe living in 30 villages of Chhimtuipui district, southern Mizoram, India and the adjacent villages in Burma.

The Mara (Tlosais) languages belongs to the Kuki-Chin branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The speakers of the languages are also known as Mara (Tlosais).

Mara is a recognised language in the School curriculum of Mara Autonomous District Council (MADC). Mara is a compulsory subject for all schools up to Class VII (Middle School) under Board of School Education, MADC.

Mara language is spoken by 56,574 people in Saiha district, Mizoram, India (2011), and 37,000 in Burma (2007).

21:20, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Discussion

Mara Wikipedia is the greatest hope of Mara people who love their native language and do not understand English and other languages. It is also the greatest Encyclopedia of Mara.

Arguments in favour

Support Support--Chhithai (talk) 09:12, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Support--I completely am in favor about a Mara Wikipedia Hmipha lôhdu (talk) 09:40, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Support--I completely am in favor about a Mara Wikipedia. Mara Wikipedia is ineeded for Mara People Mara Sapathituh (talk) 04:40, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Support Taotuhpa40 (talk) 05:14, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support Support Taytay mrh (talk) 05:21, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Arguments against

General discussion

Localisation update

The most important messages are translated 100% at translatewiki.net Lai Tei (Teitei) (talk) 09:34, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]