Requests for new languages/Wikisource Limburgish

Limburgish Wikisource

submitted	verification	final decision

	This proposal has been approved. The Board of Trustees and language committee have deemed that there is sufficient grounds and community to create the new language project. The closing committee member provided the following comment: This wiki was created at li.wikisource.org. —{admin} Pathoschild 02:44:57, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Proposal summary
Language details: Limburgish (Limburgs, li ISO 639-2) Editing community: OosWesThoesBes (NP) Hönkelberg (N?P) VanLankvelt (N) LimburgseHardcore (N) 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: development wiki project; All articles External links: Ethnologue
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I think the category [1] gives enough. Not need say more words. Hönkelberg

Arguments in favour

Limburgish starts to become a language with literature. Hönkelberg seems to be a quite active user, so let's try :) --OosWesThoesBes 07:46, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Limburgish has a history too, like Hendrik van Veldeke. VanLankvelt 06:51, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Arguments against

Strongly Oppose Limburgish is just a dialect of Dutch. Of course, they both have some differences, but it is nothing substantial. There is no point in trying to turn every dialect into a language. (Red4tribe 04:35, 21 April 2008 (UTC))[reply]
And who are you to judge whether Limburgish is a dialect or a language? Limburgish in everyday life is unpure. Real Limburgish, you would probably not understand even if you're Dutch. It has an ISO-639-1-code, yes 1, so you could consider it to be a seperate language. Sometimes, the difference between German and Dutch are smaller, compare: Goed - Gut - Good. There are of course also people who say Dutch is a German dialect, but that's nonsense too. En esse den nag dinks det 't Plat gein taal is, raaj ich dich strang ane óm 'ns get taalkóndig beukskes te gaon laeze, sinse dae nag get van op kans staeke. Another thing: last month, the Limburgish Wikisource was more active than the Dutch one. --OosWesThoesBes 04:48, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See my other response. (Red4tribe 18:07, 21 April 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Other discussion

Please translate the core and Wikimedia extension messages, so that this request can be considered for approval. —{admin} Pathoschild 00:55:42, 05 April 2008 (UTC)

Core translated, wikimedia almost done. --OosWesThoesBes 05:24, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Final translation

Thank you for your perseverance; this request is ready for approval and will soon be created. Please provide the following translations so that we can create the wiki:

Variable	English	Explanation
$wgSitename	Wikisource	The name of the website, which will appear in the title bar or when you use `{{SITENAME}}` on the wiki.
$wgMetaNamespace	Wikisource	The name of the project namespace, which contains policies, processes, et cetera.
$wgMetaNamespaceTalk	Wikisource_talk	The name of the talk namespace associated with the project namespace.

—{admin} Pathoschild 18:53:40, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Haj Pathoschild, here are the translations:

Variable	Limburgish	Explanation
$wgSitename	Wikibrónne	The name of the website, which will appear in the title bar or when you use `{{SITENAME}}` on the wiki.
$wgMetaNamespace	Wikibrónne	The name of the project namespace, which contains policies, processes, et cetera.
$wgMetaNamespaceTalk	Euverlèk Wikibrónne	The name of the talk namespace associated with the project namespace.

--OosWesThoesBes 11:56, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The translation is correct. VanLankvelt 13:34, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]