Requests for new languages/Wikisource Waray

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. 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). 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	war (SIL, Glottolog)	A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name	Waray	Language name in English
Language name	Waray	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	Q34279 - item has currently the following values: English label: Waray native label (P1705): Waray-waray, Waray, Waray-Waray, Binisaya instance of (P31)/subclass of (P279): language, modern language / Central Visayan Wikimedia language code (P424): war writing system (P282): Latin script, Baybayin number of speakers, writers, or signers (P1098): 3,100,000	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	war.wikisource.org	langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
Project name	Wikisource	"Wikisource" in your language
Project namespace		usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace		"Wikisource 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		This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone	Asia/Manila	"Continent/City", e.g. "Europe/Brussels" or "America/Mexico City" (see list of valid timezones)
Additional namespaces		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

Through the Wikisource Loves Manuscripts initiative, there is a growing interest in building a local Wara Wikisource. Waray is a major language in the Philippine and there are collections of publications ready to be included in the project from other open resources. The Waray Wikisource would serve as a repository of local books, publications and other printed materials now in the public domain. This project would support the improvement of the Waray language edition of Wikipedia.

Discussion

Arguments in favor

Support, I am willing to contribute and support this initiatitive. Jp2593 (talk) 00:55, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support There is a growing number of proofreaders in the Philippine languages including in the Waray language through the Wikisource Loves Manuscripts PH program. -Filipinayzd (talk) 15:15, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - There is a growing number of contributors that is passionate in building the local Wikisource. PhilWiki Community fully supports this initiative with its Wikisource Loves Manuscripts program. --Maffeth.opiana (talk) 13:07, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]