Requests for new languages/Wiktionary Newspeak

Newspeak Wiktionary

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Requests for new languages (Wiktionary Newspeak)

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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: This language is fictional and does not have any recognition as a lingustic entity. — Timichal 21:32, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Proposal summary
Language details: Newspeak Editing community: microchip08 (P), Insert names here 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: No incubator yet External links: None
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Arguments in favour

I think that a Newspeak Wiktionary would be a good addition to Wikipedia, as 1984 is a major work that, in my opinion, is a defining work of the 20th Century. There is a large number of people on the English Wikipedia that have put Newspeak userboxes on their userpages, and I am sure that many of them would like to participate.

However, I am finding difficulty to alert users about this page, due to Wikipedia's WP:CANVAS policy.

Arguments against

• I don't think this is a real language. "Newspeak" is a literary idea, developed by George Orwell, but there are no works written in newspeak. What's next? Orkish? Westron? --Johannes Rohr 14:01, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
• After all, Newspeak is the only language whose vocabulary shrinks every year. There hasn't been a definitive "release" of newspeak vocabulary (other than Orwell's essay at the end of 1984, which is strictly grammatical). PTO 14:20, 27 April 2007 (UTC)