Talk:Language committee/2023

2023 Request for Pa'O Wiktionary

Wiktionary Pa'O has enough dictionary entries, so we request to open 2023 Wiktionary Pa'O, (Note: The Pa'O people are ethnic groups who work in the fields, and they are far away from the Internet, so they have very little knowledge about the Internet, also in Burma, not everyone can afford to use the Internet, because the cost of using the Internet is expensive, so some people who work in the fields cannot afford it. Also In order to be able to open Pa'O Wikipedia and Pa'O Wiktionary, I explained a lot to the Pa'O people to make them understand, so if want to ask them about something, can order me on their behalf.) thanks--𝓓𝓻.𝓘𝓷𝓽𝓸𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓪|𝒯𝒶𝓁𝓀 08:53, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Determined, honest and passionate request for final approval of Sassarese Wikipedia (Wp/sdc)

Dear members of the Committee

First of all, I would like to wish you a happy and healthy new year. As you might remember, our community has already asked you several times (please see 1, 2 (2021), 3, 4 (2022)) for final approval of our test wiki to get out of the Incubator. But you still have not done it. I confess being quite disappointed, sad, kind of angry as well, because of that. It seems not fair. No offence intended. We meet the criteria. Please approve it. Finally. At last.

Arguments in favour:

• Corsican and Sardinian Wikipedia editions were approved long ago. Sassarese is a transitional idiom between those two. Though being closer to Corsican (therefore sometimes seen as part of Corso-Sardinian dialect continuum or macrolanguage), it is definitely neither the one nor the other. It stands for itself. Sassarese has its very own grammar, vocabulary, sound, orthography, also literature tradition. So, it deserves a proper wiki edition.
• About 96 % of MediaWiki's most important messages were translated into Sassarese. As well, 39 % of the respective core messages are available. (Please look here, comparable to Sardinian while there is a much lower percentage for Corsican.)
• Although there are over 2000 Sassarese articles, it is still in the Incubator while there are dozens of 'full version' Wikipedias with a much smaller number of articles (cf. List), which is unequal. So, Sassarese must get a fair chance.

--Jun Misugi (talk) 21:57, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

I'm no admin or member of the comittee, but I am a maintainer of a test project too, and I must warn you that one of the first criteria to have a test wiki approved is to develop its activity, that is: at least three not-grayed out active users on Catanalysis statistics (Requisites for Approval, Sassarese Wiki Request). This does not seem to be true for now (it was back in late-2022). About your second argument, both the Corsican and Sardinian wikipedias were created before Incubator (Corsican page on Incubator, Sardinian page on Incubator), therefore they never had to meet any policy here established (as it was for most main languages like Portuguese, German, French). There are indeed 2000 Sassarese articles, but are they any good? Having a look through the list of articles (Sassarese Sardinian Prefix Index), most of them are dates, and have no content at all. I must say that not only the number of articles count for its approval, but also their quality (Incubator Manual), and that's why many wikis have been approved with much smaller numbers of articles, their articles have quality. But don't be discouraged with this! I've been there since 2020 and I'm still working on my test wiki and trying to gather new people, creating new quality articles and improving the wiki itself. Sassarese Sardinian will have its chance as every other language has. I know you can do it ;)

Best regards, Iohanen (talk) 14:09, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, just a correction, late-mid-2022* Iohanen (talk) 14:12, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Further good arguments coming up ...

Verification of Wp/efi as eligible

Hello, kindly verify Wp/efi as eligible. Thanks.-- Samatics (talk) 19:19, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Done. In general, eligibility issues are not special ones unless language is a special case(ex. non-independent dialects, artificial languages, extinct languages, ancient languages). It can be made concurrently with approval. --Sotiale (talk) 14:04, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks.-- Samatics (talk) 15:16, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Remove aliases `minnan` and `zh-cfr` for the Min Nan Wikipedia

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T230382

The SRE team has an old ticket where it was proposed to remove these aliases. Could the langcom team look over the proposal and give approval/disapproval of the change? Thanks! BCornwall-WMF (talk) 20:46, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

I've brought it up on our mailing list. --MF-W 20:09, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 19:25, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Gurene / Frafra Wikipedia

After there was an expert verification and no objection on the Language committee mailing list for the approval of the Wikipedia in the language with the code "gur", this can go forward.

The title is not too important. After discussing it with the editors, I've defined "farefare" as the language's autonym in language name configuration files because it appears to be a more inclusive name. "Gurene" can be used in appropriate contexts; I count on the editors to make the right choice.

Congratulations :) Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 16:02, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Hey, could you mark this as approved at Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Gurenɛ then? Thanks --Zabe (talk) 00:11, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Done Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 07:11, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 19:25, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

afro.wikipedia.org

Hello, I am requesting the creation of afro.wikipedia.org, an edition of Wikipedia that, while not a separate language per se, would give African Americans a place to build an encyclopedia based on their view of the world. Plus think of how fascinating it'd be for the rest of us! It'd double as a place where non-black guys could go to get answers to questions they've always had like why do black parents give "The Talk" to their kids. Americanfreedom (talk) 16:51, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

This is not in Langcom's scope. --MF-W 20:01, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Then what the hell is it you guys even DO???Americanfreedom (talk) 18:05, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 20:01, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

2023 Request for Pa'O Wiktionary

Wiktionary Pa'O has enough dictionary entries, so we request to open 2023 Wiktionary Pa'O, (Note: The Pa'O people are ethnic groups who work in the fields, and they are far away from the Internet, so they have very little knowledge about the Internet, also in Burma, not everyone can afford to use the Internet, because the cost of using the Internet is expensive, so some people who work in the fields cannot afford it. Also In order to be able to open Pa'O Wikipedia and Pa'O Wiktionary, I explained a lot to the Pa'O people to make them understand, so if want to ask them about something, can order me on their behalf.) thanks--𝓓𝓻.𝓘𝓷𝓽𝓸𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓪|𝒯𝒶𝓁𝓀 08:53, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi. Thank you for your efforts. I see your language project positively, but would like to see a few more months for approval. All recently approved Wiktionaries have over 1000 entries, and your project has been active for 3 months including this month. If the current activity continues for a few more months, I'm sure the approval will go smoothly. --Sotiale (talk) 06:16, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Approval for Garhwali language Wikipedia

I want to ask you that when our mother tongue garhwali get listed as the list of approved Wikipedia, there are more then 30 articles in Garhwali Wikipedia in Garhwali language and i contributing on it . 2409:4053:2D1D:42DB:2B9:2C19:5526:5866 16:09, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Wp/gbm Yakku3 (talk) 16:13, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Unfortunately, there has been little activity there lately. The number of pages is important(also 30 pages are very small), but so is the sustainability of the community formed by active editors. --Sotiale (talk) 02:06, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Approval for Banjarese language Wikiquote

Hello, Language Committee. Would you mind checking our proposal and doing the verification until approval? Thanks. Mnafisalmukhdi1 (talk) 01:23, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Most of them look pretty good, but it would be better if there are supplement editings to the contents of the quote. One quote pages are too many. --Sotiale (talk) 12:03, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Approval for Central Kurdish Wiktionary

Hi,

The Central Kurdish Wiktionary has been active for many months, and the language had already been verified. The Language committee has no objection to create it. If there are no objections, the domain creation process will start on March 10. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 12:29, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 08:45, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Approval for Angika Wikipedia

Hello! The language committee intends to approve Wikipedia in Angika (request). If there are no objections to it based on the Language proposal policy, the domain creation process will start on March 15. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 10:13, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 08:45, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Request for approval of Gungbe Wikinews

Hello

I think Wn/guw might be ready for approval. The project interests our community and we have moved a step further to add audio Wikinews (daily) to some of the news articles. With an average of 7 news articles per day for several months and a very active readers and contributors base, we find this project succeeding exceedingly once it leaves the incubator. Kindly look into it for approval. Thanks.-- Samatics (talk) 07:23, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

It's being looked into. --MF-W 20:02, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Rejection for Shanghainese Wikipedia

Hello, Language Committee. Shanghainese has been included in Wu Chinese so Shanghainese Wikipedia should simply be rejected since Wu Chinese Wikipedia exists now. John Smith Ri (talk) 14:12, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Shanghainese has been marked as rejected. --MF-W 14:22, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 17:32, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Rejection for Northern Tujia Wikipedia

Hello, Language Committee. Northern Tujia Wikipedia is too inactive and those who could read and write Northern Tujia can easily read and write Chinese, so Northern Tujia Wikipedia is recommended to be rejected. Details are in Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Northern Tujia#Discussion. John Smith Ri (talk) 08:33, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Inactivity in itself is not a reason to reject a request, nor is speakers' fluency in other languages. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 14:16, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 17:32, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I am trying to submit a new language request at Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Portuguese (Portugal) but it wont let me because "only established registered users can edit it"

See title. Thank youWkperson10 (talk) Wkperson10 (talk) 20:40, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

HELP!!! Wkperson10 (talk) 20:40, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

please Wkperson10 (talk) 20:41, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

thank you Wkperson10 (talk) 20:41, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

do i have wait 5 days??? Wkperson10 (talk) 20:50, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

You have meanwhile succeeded in creating the page, but I've gone ahead and deleted it again. There have already been 3 rejected requests, the last one being Requests for new languages/Wikipedia European Portuguese 3. Creating a new one with a one-line argument won't change the situation. --MF-W 20:36, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 17:32, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Approval for Mandailing Wiktionary

Hi, the Wiktionary Mandailing community has been working hard for the past several months to add hundreds of entries. Now they're asking for their project to be launched. Please take a look and I hope the committee will approve it. They already have more than 1.000 entries now, and still increasing due to new contributors joining. ✒ Bennylin 05:58, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

semoga Wiktionary bahasa daerah yang lain juga menetas Badak Jawa (talk) 06:15, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello. Before the project can be approved, the translation of the most-used MediaWiki messages needs to be completed. --MF-W 14:21, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

hello, the MediaWiki message, which is mostly used in the Mandailing language, has been translated

Thank You IHLubis (talk) 09:41, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 11:52, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Approval for the Kabardian Wiktionary

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T333266

Hello! The language committee intends to approve the Kabardian Wiktionary (request). If there are no objections based on the language proposal policy, the domain creation process will start on March 28. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 10:59, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 01:34, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Proposed approval of Gungbe Wikinews

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T334394

Langcom intends to approve Gungbe Wikinews. If there are no objections based on the language proposal policy, it will be marked as approved on 3 April. --MF-W 10:52, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Request for approval of Wolaytta Wikipedia (Wp/wal)

Wolaytta Wikipedia has been active for a long time. I think it is a time to approve and make Wikipedia more reachable to Wolaytta language speakers. Thank you in advance. Ella Lachow (talk) 08:43, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

So far, you are the only contributor (and started three weeks ago). For approval, there needs to be continuous activity by at least several users over at least several months. --MF-W 10:51, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

I agree with @MF-Warburg. However, I'll add that the work done by @Ella Lachow till now has been quite impressive. The translation of the most used messages in translatewiki is done, and the Incubator articles are progressing nicely.

But yes, more people need to participate, and it should go on for a few months. Good luck, and let us know if you need any technical help! Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 17:03, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Approval for the Mandailing Wiktionary

Hi, all. The language committee intends to approve the Mandailing Wiktionary (request). If there are no objections based on the language proposal policy, the domain creation process will start on March 30. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 19:12, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Just wonder, that whether the Wikipedia for same language could also be considered or not? Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 09:25, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

In my opinion, it's not active enough. --MF-W 11:48, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello! We used to be active wp/btm/ but after some time the other wikipedia members had to focus on working outside the area and away from internet network access, Wikitionary Mandailing became our first debut again. After the release of the Mandailing Wikitionary, after this we will also try to activate Wp/btm as well together with the Mandailing Wikitionary IHLubis (talk) 05:36, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

I made a mistake when posting this here – we haven't received independent verification for the Mandailing Wiktionary yet, so it is on hold until we get that. Sorry! Jon Harald Søby (talk) 12:01, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

@Jon Harald Søby What is "independent verification" ? Veracious (talk) 05:30, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

@Jon Harald Søby whether from active users or from groups?? IHLubis (talk) 05:39, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

@Veracious, @IHLubis: Before we make the final approval for a language that is new to Wikimedia, our internal committee policy (which, as it turns out, is not specified in the language proposal policy – it probably should be) is to contact an independent expert who can verify that the language that is used in the project on the Incubator is actually the language the contributors say it is. We try primarily to find people who are academics at relevant institutions in or near where the languages are spoken. In rare cases where we struggle to find such a person, we may reach out to the affected community to ask for assistance, but this is done quite rarely.

As for verification for Mandailing, I am in touch with someone (with the aid of Wikimedia Indonesia), so hopefully it won't take too much longer before we have that and can proceed. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 13:14, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I think so. The Gorontalo Wikipedia must also be verified by a linguist outside our community to confirm this before release. We proposed speakers of Gorontalo language experts who are also academics at the local university. I support Wiktionary and Wikipedia Mandailing for their immediate release. Thank You. Marwan Mohamad (talk) 16:15, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

For the record: phabricator:T335216 - verification was found and creation requested. --MF-W 10:59, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 10:59, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Proposed approval of Fante Wikipedia

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T335016

Langcom intends to approve Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Fante. If nobody will raise objections based on the language proposal policy, it will be marked as approved on 17 April. --MF-W 13:41, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 10:59, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Request for approval for Arabic Wikivoyage

The Arabic Wikivoyage has met its criteria. It's time to for it to be approved. Please approve it. 85.97.203.15 08:39, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

At the moment there is not enough activity. But feel free to contribute on Incubator. --MF-W 23:17, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Proposed approval of Tyap Wiktionary

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T334730

Langcom intends to approve Requests for new languages/Wiktionary Tyap. If there are no objections based on the language proposal policy, it will be marked as approved on 14 April. --MF-W 23:19, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 00:54, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Proposed approval of Ghanaian Pidgin English Wikipedia

Langcom intends to approve Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Ghanaian Pidgin. If nobody will raise objections based on the language proposal policy, it will be marked as approved on 26 April. Tochiprecious (talk) 13:13, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 04:56, 13 May 2023 (UTC)

Request for rejection: Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Ottoman Turkish 5

Reason is in general same as the 4th rejection, the only "supporter" only wants to manually re-start copy-pasting tr.wikipedia contents and routhly transliterate em to be in Arabic scripts, they even don't know the mw:LanguageConverter exists. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 03:05, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

At the moment I haven't closed it yet because the 5th request being open is the best way to prevent the 6th from being created. Maybe we should establish that repeated requests need to go through this page first. --MF-W 10:56, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

mesopotamian Arabic Wikipedia

Is there something incomplete in [1] and the request page? If not, I request approval for it. MRidhaAJ (talk) 21:40, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

As of now, the RFL isn't eligible, should the eligibility be resolved first? --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 03:14, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Aside from language eligibility, this project is in a state where it cannot be approved because there is not enough activity. --Sotiale (talk) 06:06, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Request for verification for eligibility Wikipedia Montenegrin

Hello! Are there any objections for verification cnrwiki as eligible? Montenegrins have been waiting for your decision since 2017. They now have a language code and their language is recognized by NATO and EU. They created a big test project (You can see it). Please say something. Пан Хаунд (talk) 12:29, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

This is being discussed on the mailing list. --Sotiale (talk) 05:55, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much).

Пан Хаунд (talk) 09:15, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Request for verification for eligibility Wikipedia Moroccan Amazigh

@Liuxinyu970226 @MF-W Hello! Can this project be verified as eligible? It has an ISO 639 code "zgh" and it is meeting all the necessary criterias for being eligible. Thank you --AyourAchtouk (talk) 02:01, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

@AyourAchtouk Why ask me? I'm not their member. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 02:37, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

I am sorry for tagging you. I thought you were --AyourAchtouk (talk) 19:54, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

In general, if there is no problem with eligibility, just because it is not marked as such does not mean that approval is impossible. Because approval can come with an eligibility review. You don't have to worry about eligibility unless you think this language has problems including being not distinct from other languages. --Sotiale (talk) 06:05, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply --AyourAchtouk (talk) 19:55, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Request for verification/approval of Sylheti Wiktionary

Dear Langcom, just to notify that a community of users working hard on this project. Please kindly consider it's approval. Thanks in advance. Quicklinks:

1. Incubator:Featured wikis
2. 29 Native users registered in the Wikimedia Incubator
3. Incubator Wt/syl
4. Incubator main page
5. Localisation requirements completed

--ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 04:57, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Please don't copy-paste the same request for all projects in this language. All have only started activity recently and are too early for approval. For the moment we are looking into the Wikipedia, which is the most active. --MF-W 07:36, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 07:36, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Request for verification/approval of Sylheti Wikibooks

Dear Langcom, just to notify that a community of users working hard on this project. Please kindly consider it's approval. Thanks in advance. Quicklinks:

1. Incubator:Featured wikis
2. 29 Native users registered in the Wikimedia Incubator
3. Incubator Wb/syl
4. Incubator main page
5. Localisation requirements completed

--ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 04:58, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 07:36, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Request for verification/approval of Sylheti Wikivoyage

Dear Langcom, just to notify that a community of users working hard on this project. Please kindly consider it's approval. Thanks in advance. Quicklinks:

1. Incubator:Featured wikis
2. 29 Native users registered in the Wikimedia Incubator
3. Incubator Wy/syl
4. Incubator main page
5. Localisation requirements completed

--ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 08:23, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 07:36, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Request for verification/approval of Sylheti Wikiquote

Dear Langcom, just to notify that a community of users working hard on this project. Please kindly consider it's approval. Thanks in advance. Quicklinks:

1. Incubator:Featured wikis
2. 29 Native users registered in the Wikimedia Incubator
3. Incubator Wq/syl
4. Incubator main page
5. Localisation requirements completed

--ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 13:17, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 07:36, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Approval for Banjarese language Wikiquote

Hello, Language Committee. It's been more than three months since our first request here, so, would you mind checking the project again and see how it's improving? I hope the language committee would accept and approve the project this time. Thanks. Mnafisalmukhdi1 (talk) 03:50, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Request for approval of Wikivoyage Indonesian

Hello, i would like to request for the approval of Indonesian Wikivoyage. There are almost 200 million speakers, writers, or signers of Indonesian language. I hope Indonesian visitors can contribute Wikivoyage with local language, also presenting Indonesian culture to the world. Currently, 30+ people who supporting the project. With the release of Wikivoyage Indonesian, it could also ignite other Wikivoyage project of Indonesian local languages. Thanks. Veracious (talk) 06:05, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Doing a random check of 50 articles, I only found 6 that were not extremely limited in content (=placeholders only). --MF-W 07:42, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Pinging Language Committee

@Amire80, Anass Sedrati, Antony D. Green, Maor X, Janwo, Jon Harald Søby, Yupik, MF-Warburg, Evertype, Satdeep Gill, Sotiale, Tochiprecious, and Vito Genovese: Would someone acknowledge all the requests that has piled up for the past month?

Also Mandailing Wiktionary till today still haven't seen their website launched, despite already being approved and the phab ticket says "deployed" (phab:T335216) since June 5th or before. ✒ Bennylin 09:15, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

The wiki creation is unfortunately delayed on the technical side at this time: cf. phabricator:T335969#8957974. --MF-W 07:32, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Since wiki creation is a technical part, we follow the phabricator ticket processing procedure. As already mentioned by MF-W, it appears to be a technical side issue. --Sotiale (talk) 11:42, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

The

Requesting for Wikipedia in Hindi language Remotshepile (talk) 19:48, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

That's already available for years: w:hi: Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 02:58, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 15:40, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Proposed approval of Sundanese Wikisource

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T343539

Hi, all. The language committee intends to approve the Sundanese Wikisource (request). If there are no objections based on the language proposal policy, the domain creation process will start on August 2. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 10:27, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 13:31, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Proposed approval of Pa'O Wiktionary

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T343540

Hello. The language committee intends to approve the Pa'O Wiktionary (request). If there are no objections based on the language proposal policy, the domain creation process will start on August 2. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 10:37, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 13:33, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for approval of Sylheti Wikipedia

Dear Langcom, we are working hard on this project Wikipedia Sylheti. Please show us some sunshine. Hope Langcom will approve the project and more people will feel encouraged to contribute to the platform. (Quick links: Front page of the Wikipedia, Wp/syl) -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 08:19, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Helpful tools to convert the texts of Sylheti Wikipedia to any available scripts (Roman, Devanagari, Bengali, Arabic, etc.)

• Aksharamukha (select Syloti Nagari)
• Full website texts converter (supports full Incubator page)
• w:H:IPA-SYL
• Sylheti language article in English Wikipedia

--ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 05:45, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Hello. I appreciate your effort. I haven't looked closely, but I still have concerns about the sustainability of the community. Please show more activity by encouraging editors to continue editing. For example, it has not been long since 3 editors have been active. Although this is not an absolute criterion, it has become a criterion in reviewing the sustainability of the community. --Sotiale (talk) 06:00, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback. Community of our users in the incubator - incubator:Category:Users:By language:syl-N. Also, there are active members of our community in other versions of Wikipedia (for example Volunteers of Wikiproject Sylhet). Many people are not aware of this test project. I hope the project 'graduates' soon from the incubator and reaches more people. -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 19:38, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

 Support Abazizfahad (talk) 08:21, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

 Support --AbuSayeed (talk) 09:20, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Quicklinks:

1. 26 Native users registered in Incubator
2. Wp/syl/Wikipedia:Wikiproject Sylhet
3. Users who set Sylheti as their test wiki project
4. Total supports in meta (11)
5. Wikidata (Q2044560)
6. Incubator:Featured wikis
7. Localisation requirements completed

--ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 04:56, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

The committee is already discussing this, and if necessary, the committee may ask questions related to the issue being discussed. --Sotiale (talk) 11:52, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

@Sotiale Thanks for the update. Sylheti users have been eagerly waiting for their language edition of Wikipedia since 2014 (9 years) in the Wikimedia Incubator. We eagerly anticipate the decision, ready to embrace the opportunities that may come with it. -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 04:49, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Approval for Banjarese language Wikiquote

Hello, Language Committee. It's been more than three months since our first request here, so, would you mind checking the project again and see how it's improving? I hope the language committee would accept and approve the project this time. Thanks. Mnafisalmukhdi1 (talk) 03:50, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

@Amire80, Anass Sedrati, Antony D. Green, Maor X, Janwo, Jon Harald Søby, Yupik, MF-Warburg, Evertype, Satdeep Gill, Sotiale, Tochiprecious, and Vito Genovese: Would someone acknowledge this request? ✒ Bennylin 08:09, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

@Mnafisalmukhdi1, @Bennylin: I proposed it for approval back in March, but there was an objection about the type of content. If any of you have a comment about that, that would be nice. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 08:22, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

1. "Not one of them did contain more than one thing that was recognisable as a quote, if at all." Your answer was right, most pages are about proverbs. But it's a local proverb, as what we wrote in the proposal, specifically in paragraph two. Local proverb is more important to us, and the reason are written in the proposal. Translating existing quotes into Banjar is also in our mission, and we're working on it.

2. "The Main Page doesn't link to any other pages at all." Now it has. We're improving the Main Page, and there's a section about browsing in the Wikiqoute. There are links on it. Mnafisalmukhdi1 (talk) 23:50, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Request for approval of Wikisource Sundanese

Dear Language Committee, in recent months, the community has been actively engaging in proofreading on Wikisource Sundanese. Over 2000 pages have been added to it. We kindly request your review of this project and hope that the Committee can approve it soon. Thank you for your attention and support. Mutumanikam (talk) 08:30, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Mutumanikam

Thank you for the request. We'll do a check of the articles and discuss it in the Committee.

Best, Tochiprecious (talk) 14:03, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 09:38, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for approval of Nias Wikibooks

We have submitted our proposal for Nias Wikibooks approval at Requests for new languages/Wikibooks_Nias#Proposal. We would be grateful, if the language committee has time to look at our proposal. Thank you in advance. Slaia (talk) 19:57, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

A large part of this project seems to be the Bible. Wouldn't such content be better for Wikisource? --MF-W 07:38, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Surely Wikisource would be better, but we don't have additional resources, at least the moment, to maintain another wiki.

But the main reason is explained in the proposal, i.e. the bible has become the source of vocabulary for young generation of Niassan, who are not self-confident enough to speak and to write in Nias language anymore. Wikibooks will be the first gate for them to read words in sentences and context, before they gain enough confidence in writing on the Wikipedia. We are looking to provide reading material for children (tales, fabels, stories, etc), and for adults the traditional and pop songs, dances, etc. and of course the bible texts, as they are the only written texts we have in Nias language. Thank you. Slaia (talk) 16:06, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

I think that what @MF-Warburg means to say is that the Wikibooks project is usually for creating new materials by the community, whereas texts that were already published outside of Wikimedia projects are supposed to be uploaded to Wikisource. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 13:11, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Request for approval of wikipedia tamazight wp/zgh

Dear language committee, I and a little group are working for a long time on this project, when we can see it approved --Lhoussine AIT TAYFST (talk) 01:04, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for approval of Fon Wikipedia

Dear Language Committee members,

After 5 years working on the incubated version of Fon Wikipedia and building an active community of fon contributors, we think that we are ready to go. Our experienced contributors made of Fon teachers spent these past weeks reviewing the more than 500 articles that are already there.

We kindly request your review and expect it to be approved soon.

Regards, ⁣

Mah3110 (talk) 15:14, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for approval of Wikipedia Batak Toba

Horas ma di hita saluhutna / Warm greetings!

Dear Language Committee, it's been almost three years since the initial submission of our proposal, and it has been verified as eligible. Though until now, we are still waiting for this project yet to be hatched. We have also completed the translation of Most important messages on Translatewiki. Thus we would like to remind the Language Committee to kindly check and consider our request for Wikipedia Batak Toba. Batak Toba is one of the largest native languages in Indonesia and currently has almost two million native speakers. Thus, with great hope may this project be granted approval to be launched.

Boti ma, Mauliate godang tu hamuna / Thank you for your attention. 27christian11 (talk) 04:42, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Hello, this is currently being discussed by the committee and I think positive results can be expected if your activities continue. It is expected to undergo linguistic verification and final approval if there are no linguistic issues. --Sotiale (talk) 11:55, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi, why I don't see this on the langcom mailing list? ✒ Bennylin 19:21, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

@Bennylin [2]? Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 02:36, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Sent message again; We will start the discussion again. --Sotiale (talk) 11:23, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for approval of Talysh Wikipedia

Dear committee members Amire80, Jon Harald Søby, MF-Warburg, Sotiale. I think now is the time to open Talyhs Wikipedia. I kindly request your review and consideration. Sincerely, Patriot Kor (talk) 12:14, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Dear, Amire80, Jon Harald Søby, MF-Warburg, Sotiale. Please... --Patriot Kor (talk) 12:22, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Late reply as I was recently inactive. I'll check now. --Sotiale (talk) 10:24, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, I wrote in the wrong thread. I will start discussing the approval of this. --Sotiale (talk) 11:08, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for approval of Karai-Karai Wikipedia

Dear Language Committee members,

It has been a great experience that our work on the incubated version of Karai-Karai Wikipedia have arrived us to this stage. We believe our contribution and number of contributors would really become higher and keep increasing when we got approved.

We kindly request your review and expect it to be approved soon. Thank you. De-Invincible (talk) 00:10, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

@De-Invincible But then, there even doesn't have a request for it? Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 01:41, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Oh sorry, I thought the request is to be made here. Can you guide me to the proper page for placing the request please. Thank you for your help. De-Invincible (talk) 08:10, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

I have seen the link in your comment and have created the request, thank you so much De-Invincible (talk) 09:08, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

@De-Invincible: Hello. Thank you for your hard work on this project. However, I would like to say that this project has not reached the stage of approval yet. Since your project started continuous contributions in July of this year, the activation period is short, and the sustainability of the community is not sufficient because many editors have not continuously edited it yet. Please continue to edit for several more months. Again, thank you for your efforts! --Sotiale (talk) 10:34, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

@Sotiale: okay, we would engage more editors and keep doing more edits before applying again. Thank you for your help. De-Invincible (talk) 06:53, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for Approval Hausa Wikiquote

Hi, the Hausa Wikiquote page has being verified since July 2022 and it has a considerable edits from many editors. Please check if it is ready enough to be approved as a project. Thank you and best regards. Uncle Bash007 (talk) 07:43, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for asking! At the moment it seems like you are the only active contributor to Hausa Wikiquote (while in the previous month, it was someone else). For approval however, there needs to be continuous activity from at least several users over some months. So keep up the good work and try to find some more editors. --MF-W 12:44, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Notification from Sylheti Wikinews

Hi, earlier we got the following feedback from the language committee: "There needs to be sustained activity from several users (at least 3 or 4, preferably more) for at least three months before we will consider a project for approval." Just to notify you that, we have relayed the information to the community and currently, we meet the above-mentioned criteria. More info: Wikimedia Incubator, Wikidata, Meta-Wiki -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 10:30, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

@ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ: Hi. I think it's better to give Sylheti Wikipedia an approval review first. I would like to know what you think. --Sotiale (talk) 10:29, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

And one more question, there are a few things I would like to ask you about in relation to this project. It's about the scripts you currently use in your incubator project. It has been pointed out that this project uses the sylheti nagri script. Is this accessible to a large number of sylheti users or is it easily convertible? Or are there alternatives to other approaches if the majority of speakers cannot use this script? --Sotiale (talk) 11:09, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

@Sotiale: All good, I am just notifying the updates.

Is this project previously used any other script in last 9 years? I had a quick look at the history of the main page and could not find any such information.

It has Google fonts, Microsoft, Apple and Google Keyboards so definitely accessible worldwide.

Yes, any soft copy, electronic files easily convertable, using various Tools (even someone can convert a whole Wiki page in one click to multiple scripts, if they wish).--ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 06:40, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks and appreciating you for keeping eye on Sylheti Wikipedia. So, what's the condition of approval of Sylheti Wikipedia? Could you let us know please. ~~ AbuSayeed (talk) 08:26, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for Approval of Santali Wiktionary

Dear language Committee members

We are looking for the approval of the Santali Wiktionary [[3]]. There are 17 users active in this project and belongs to this native language. Currently the project page has more than 1900 words, the word comprises of word used in daily life and some uncommon words. The contributors to this projects are active since last one and half years except last few month. The addition of new words will be continued even after the live of the project. Please have a look into the projects for approval and suggest us for any further work within it to make it approval. R Ashwani Banjan Murmu (talk) 04:43, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello. There have been 7 edits in June, 2 in July and none so far in August. In this state, the project can't be approved. --MF-W 14:06, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks @MF-Warburg for the response, we are taking care of that and we ll come back with new submission after few month of more activation. R Ashwani Banjan Murmu (talk) 03:10, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Notification about proposed approval of Talysh Wikipedia

Hi. The language committee intends to approve Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Talysh. If you have any objections to that based on the language proposal policy, please tell us here on this page in the next 7 days. Meanwhile, the community is asked to check (and if necessary, complete) the wiki settings as indicated on the request page. Thank you. --Sotiale (talk) 12:24, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

@Patriot Kor: Hi. You are encouraged to review the logo and wiki settings on the request page above with your community members. Since this setting takes time to change once set, it is recommended that you check it right now. --Sotiale (talk) 12:26, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi dear @Sotiale. First of all, I would like to thank you and the Azerbaijani government, which has never spared its support in language. I do not have any objections. The carriers of our language use the Latin alphabet entirely. There must be some changes. They are as follows:

• In the original, the spelling of the language should be "Tolıš".
• There are two abbreviated versions: The first version is used as "tlš" and the second version is used as "tol". Both versions are accepted versions. (Only in our language. It's not an international standard.)
• Furthermore, I would like to bring to your attention that "WIKIPEDIA" should be written as "VİKİPEDİÁ" in the logo.
• Similarly, "The Free Encyclopedia" should be written as "Ozoda Ensiklopediá".

I would be glad if you could help with these important issues. Patriot Kor (talk) 13:35, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi, Patriot Kor. Thanks for the reply. You can directly edit the above page. And the logo should also be modified by your community, would you like to find a contributor who can modify the svg? --Sotiale (talk) 14:21, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi, @Sotiale. Can you suggest a contributor who can modify the SVG according to the standards? Thanks in advance. Patriot Kor (talk) 07:09, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

There are no users that immediately come to mind. Ask the users who contributed to the creation of the svg file. --Sotiale (talk) 03:00, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

@Patriot Kor: Jon Harald Søby modified commons:File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-tly.svg and tlywiki is now live. Congratulation! --Sotiale (talk) 13:40, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for Activation of Occitan Wikisource

Dear language Committee members,

The Occitan Wikisource has being aproved since the 9th of February 2008. The project does not have its own domain, so I request that the Occitan version of Wikisource be an independent site. A large number of documents are to be uploaded, notably from databases such as Gallica, CIRDOC, the Archives of the Crown of Aragon and other. Please take this request into consideration.

King regards, Lhanars (talk)

Checked [4], it's inactive for one year plus 4 months, are there any ideas on re-start contributing? --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 00:38, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

The request for approval of Wolaytta Wikipedia Wp/wal

I would like to request the approval of the Wolaytta Wikipedia.

Current test project at Incubator and Main Page

Continuing effort to translate the MediaWiki interface into the Wolaitta language

Special request: Wolaytta Wikipedia is now in good shape in the Incubator. Bringing it into the subdomain (wal.wikipedia.org) will encourage the wider community to participate actively. More users will take it seriously. It will add the morale of the voluntary editors to participate in other projects of this language. Kehaa (talk) 13:37, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

I appreciate your effort. However, for approval, I would like to advise that a minimum number of editors are needed for the sustainability of the community. May I ask you to make such an effort? Thanks. --Sotiale (talk) 13:20, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Talysh Wikipedia adminship

Greetings, dear committee members Amire80, Jon Harald Søby, MF-Warburg, Sotiale!

Since I was very busy translating into Talysh in translatewiki, I saw a message about the launch of Talysh Wikipedia late. I am very grateful to your entire team for their assistance in launching the localization of the Talysh Wikipedia.

I would like to bring to your attention that my colleagues and I, with some interruptions, have been working on the Talysh Wikipedia for more than 10 years and several times we were close and tried to launch it. In particular, the Talysh project on translatewiki was opened by me in 2011.

At times the project stopped, but in the last year, after lengthy consultations with philologists and, as a result, with the final choice of the alphabet for use, the work continued. In order to launch the Talysh Wikipedia, our team worked fruitfully on translatewiki and over the past three months we have made more than 4,500 edits. My colleagues and I intend to continue to seriously work and expand the Talysh Wikipedia, and at the same time creating not only superficial small articles, but also to work on the depth of the articles. We have examples of such work.

However, to simplify our work on the Talysh Wikipedia platform, it would be more convenient to have access to administrator rights, because there are many nuances that require corrections, additions, etc. In connection with this need, please appoint me, as the leader of our team, as the administrator of the Talysh Wikipedia.

Sincerely, Гусейнага (talk) 14:47, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

(Originally added to the 2023 archive, moved here by: MF-W 15:00, 2 October 2023 (UTC))

For requesting adminship on a new wiki, please see SRP. --MF-W 15:00, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Languages prioritization in future multilingual models?

A discussion about knowledge integrity turned into one about which languages are represented in multilingual ML models such as mBERT. Curious whether you all have input on which additional languages would make such models useful to the widest audience. This could be useful feedback for the AI research labs that develop such models. –SJ talk  17:40, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Zgh wikipedia approval

Dear language committee members, I see that you have approved fon.wikipedia.org with only two months of activity. While we are working for five months now and will continue, but until when?

What is required for zgh.wikipedia.org to be approved? We translate most important messages, we are active, but when will you finish the discussion about eligibility?

Dear language committee members, we are doing our best to gather the community but this is not encouraging and I am afraid the community can not stand for long time if you do not approve the project. It happened twice, after 8 months of activity (2018-01 to 2018-08) with no approval, the community stopped editing long time before starting again for 4 months (2021-08 to 2021-11), see wp/zgh activity and now we have 5 months of activity. So I hope this time you will approve zgh.wikipedia.org as soon as possible. l am sure the approval will encourage more people to join our community. Essaidib2 (talk) 17:58, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

 Support 1. We don't have a large number of wikis in Berber languages. Berbers also must have a chance to broaden Berber space in the Internet.

2. The wiki is really active, I support it's creation.Пан Хаунд (talk) 07:27, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Seems already done so

This section was archived on a request by: Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 06:07, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

The request for approval of Obolo Wikipedia Wp/ann

I'm requesting for the approval of Obolo Wikipedia. The translation of the most important messages is 100% complete, and the project is active, with over 360 articles. Katelem (talk) 16:38, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I appreciate your efforts on the project. I am well aware of the hard work you have done since 2020. However, we generally use a minimum number of editors as our general approval criteria for the sake of community sustainability. So, I hope you have 3 or so editors, including yourself, to show you a few months worth of activity on an ongoing basis. If so, I think approval will be smooth, unless there are language eligibility issues. Thanks. --Sotiale (talk) 13:23, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

I actually started working on the project in 2019. The original "Request on Meta" to start the project was made by me (I only requested for my account to be renamed). We are more than three editors. For some months I (as admin) delete pages that contain the same content as another page but with a different name, and also delete pages whose content would better be added to another page rather than standing as a new page by itself. I noticed that page deletion usually makes the statistics to drop, and that has affected our "test-wiki activity" for about two previous month. So, I think the project is sufficiently active. More users will join as the project gets approval. Also, there is no language eligibility issue with this project. Obolo is not a dialect of any other language, instead it is a language of its own, having five major dialects. The orthography we use in this project is what is approved by the language authority (body regulating the language). Please approve the project.

PS: My test project adminship expires today. Katelem (talk) 05:56, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Request for the approval of Tulu Wiktionary (tcywiktionary)

I am writing to request the creation of a Tulu Wiktionary, Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Tulu on the Wikimedia platform. The Tulu-speaking community, both locally and globally, would greatly benefit from a dedicated space to collaborate on language-related projects. We understand that the establishment of a new language project requires careful consideration and approval. I assure you that there is considerable interest and commitment within the Tulu-speaking community will try to actively contribute to the proposed Tulu Wiktionary. I kindly request that you review and consider this proposal to move Tulu Wiktionary (tcywiktionary) out of incubator on Wikimedia. I am happy to provide any additional information or answer questions that may assist in the evaluation process. Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to a positive response, Thanks. ~aanzx ^✉ _© 11:45, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Approval of the Moroccan Amazigh Wikipedia

Hello! The language committee intends to approve the Moroccan Amazigh Wikipedia (request). If there are no objections based on the language proposal policy, the domain creation process will start on November 1. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 08:55, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 13:10, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Approval of the Banjar Wikiquote

Hello! The language committee intends to approve the Banjar Wikiquote (request). If there are no objections based on the language proposal policy, the domain creation process will start on November 1. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 08:59, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 13:10, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Approval of the Dagaare Wikipedia

Hello! The language committee intends to approve the Dagaare Wikipedia (request). If there are no objections based on the language proposal policy, the domain creation process will start on November 1. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 09:06, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 13:11, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Approval of the Batak Toba Wikipedia

Hello! The language committee intends to approve the Batak Toba Wikipedia (request). If there are no objections based on the language proposal policy, the domain creation process will start on November 2. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 10:28, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 13:11, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Notification about proposed approval of Fon Wikipedia

Hi. The language committee intends to approve the Fon Wikipedia. If you have any objections to that based on the language proposal policy, please tell us here on this page in the next 7 days. Meanwhile, the community is asked to check (and if necessary, complete) the wiki settings as indicated on the request page. Thank you. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 00:21, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Amir E. Aharoni, Is this project satisfy the requirements of Requisites for final approval or active test project? 3+ Users are active from previous month (2023-08) and current month (2023-09) only according to Wp/fon cat analysis ---ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 23:04, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Is it fair to the rest of the Wikimedia Incubator communities to approve a project in a month, when some active projects have been there for months and years, if not a decade? -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 19:00, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Fon has been active in waves, on and off since 2018.

With Sylheti, there is an issue of which script to use. I personally don't think it's a problem, but other people in the Language committee may think that it is. In any case, it's better to discuss it in a separate thread. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 19:12, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. Users from other projects were also surprised by the quick approval and mentioned it earlier. I am asking so that other contributors working on different projects do not feel left alone or get discouraged by that. -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 09:09, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: MF-W 13:13, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

The request for approval of Wikipedia Arakan [5]

Dear language Committee members, I would like to request the approval of the Wikipedia Arakan. The translation of the most important messages is 100% complete, and the project is active, with over 1300 articles.Please approve it. Thanks--YaThaWinTha (talk) 17:35, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Approval for Shan Wikinews

Hello, Language Committee! It has been more than a year that Shan Wikinews test project has been active. The community has proved their interests for a new project. It has no doubt that the Shan community can maintain one more new project. Therefore, on behalf of Shan Wiki Community, I would like to request to review the project for the final approval. Thanks! Ninja✮Strikers ^«☎» 12:18, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Request for Verification of Wt/bto

Hi Language Committee,

We have requested the Wt/bto in meta. Currently, there are 5 editors during this month. They will continue to edit for the next few months. The team lead also prepared a brief report with the status. I just wanted to ask if this could be verified while they are already working on it. Thank you. Kunokuno (talk) Kunokuno (talk) 06:47, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

What to do with new ISO 639:2023?

Some days ago, I've heard that ISO published a new single standard ISO 639:2023 Code for individual languages and language groups, which merged all previous ISO 639-1 through -5 parts, now they are groupped as 4 sets: set 1 two-letter identifiers for major languages (was ISO 639-1); set 2,3,5 are three-letter identifiers, set 2 (was ISO 639-2) for widely known languages and groups; set 3 (was ISO 639-3) for all individual languages and set 5 (was ISO 639-5) for nearly all language groups, I'm not sure whether langcom-related pages need to update to reflect this new standard, as several pages, by now, are calling "ISO 639-1/3". Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 15:19, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Do you have a suggestion? My understanding is that ISO 639-3 still exists, it's just all part of one standard now instead of several. --MF-W 22:05, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Kanuri: eligible as a macrolanguage? or should split into 3~5 test projects+requests?

Now there's a Wikipedia Kanuri request, associated to a macrolanguage called Kanuri, according to iso639-3:kau, it has 3 member codes: kby for Manga, knc for Central, and krt for Tumari. By the way, w:ISO 639 macrolanguage#kau told me that there are 2 languages related to Kanuri but not a part of kau: bms for Bilma and kbl for Kanembu. In the request, there are some supporters in two distinct ways: one support to just reopen the kr:, but another said to support splitting into at least 3 projects. I'd love to know what's the actual opinion from langcom regarding above issues. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 01:54, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Pls langcom someone look into this issue!!! Umargana1 (talk) 10:48, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

We really do like to know our stand Umargana1 (talk) 23:58, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

There are lots of examples where most used variant gets the ISO 639-1 code. For example;

• Azerbaijani (az/aze) is a macrolanguage with two variants. (North) Azerbaijani is az: and South Azerbaijani is azb:
• Kurdish (ku/kur) is a macrolanguage with three variants. (Northern) Kurdish is ku:, Central Kurdish is ckb:, Southern variant sdh: is in incubator.
• The same goes on for German, Uzbek, Estonian, Arabic, Chinese, Punjabi, Latvian etc.

For Kanuri, Central Kanuri (knc) has the most speakers (9M according to Ethnologue, with 900K and 100K for other variants). Thus, I would favor the same, such as:

• Central Kanuri kr:
• Manga Kanuri kby:
• Tumari Kanuri krt:
• Bilma Kanuri bms:
• Kanembu kbl:

(Not a langcom member)--Joseph (talk) 18:52, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes @Joseph and The script of central kanuri is the script using academically. yet the others doesn't have writing script. Umargana1 (talk) 23:40, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Inquiry Regarding Choice of First Project for Language Editions

Hello Language Committee, I'm seeking clarification on the requirement for the first project for a language edition. Can language communities choose any active potential project other than Wikipedia? I propose considering Sylheti Wikinews as a first project. It's been featured in Incubator, gaining popularity amongst Sylheti language community. A subdomain on Wikinews.org (https://syl.wikinews.org) could enhance visibility and attract more contributors from Sylheti and international community of Sylheti enthusiasts. Unlike other language editions in the Wikimedia incubator, Sylheti has at least 6 projects featured in the Wikimedia Incubator for months, which indicate a sustainable community, sufficient user activity and dedication of the community. Your consideration of this inquiry and proposal for Sylheti Wikinews as a first project is appreciated. -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 04:07, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

I'd be fine with a Wiktionary or Wikisource, but Wikinews is not one of the more successful projects. It also isn't the most permanent project; dictionaries last decades or centuries, encyclopedias need updating but last, but yesterday's news is fish wrap. Perhaps it can work better under certain circumstances, but I'd rather see something different for the first project.--Prosfilaes (talk) 21:00, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Appreciate your insights. Prioritizing projects with enduring value is logical. Housing Wikinews projects within a multilingual framework might facilitate the use of appropriate news URLs for the incubating wikis. -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 06:50, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Sylheti Projects

Dear members of the Language Committee (Langcom), I am delighted to inform you about the active and thriving Sylheti language projects (Sylheti Wiktionary, Sylheti Wikiquote, Sylheti Wiktibooks, Sylheti Wikinews, Sylheti Wikivoyage) that have been consistently active for over 5 months on the Wikimedia Incubator. We are proud to announce that we have not only met but exceeded the requirements set by the Wikimedia Incubator. In particular, I would like to draw your attention to the enduring presence of Sylheti Wikipedia, which has been incubating for over 9 years. This longstanding commitment is a testament to our community's (https://w.wiki/7jVv) dedication and passion for preserving the Sylheti language and culture. You can find more details about our journey here. It's essential to recognize that the approval of language projects has a significant impact. While some projects have been approved without meeting the same level of dedication and effort, we believe that the approval of Sylheti projects will serve as an inspiration to other Wikimedia Incubator communities. It will motivate them to work tirelessly and contribute to the enrichment of diverse languages and cultures on Wikimedia platforms. We kindly request your support and consideration in approving these Sylheti projects, which we believe will not only benefit our community but also set a positive example for others. Thank you for your time and consideration. Warm regards, ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 07:26, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

 Support Abazizfahad (talk) 12:16, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

 Support - Witnessing the continuous efforts of Sylheti contributors is definitely a significant support to the project. As a Sylheti myself, it would be truly wonderful to see information/knowledge available and accessible in the Sylheti language in this digital age. I also hope that many Sylheti people who don't know the script, like myself, will be able to read and access information here. All the best to the contributors, keep up the great work! Asked42 (talk) 20:10, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

 Support Sylheti language is a big Language (11 mln) with enough big wiki community and UNIQUE script Syloti Nagari. Sylheti wikiprojects have been active from May 2023. Please create it. Пан Хаунд (talk) 07:21, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Other @User:Marcmiquel (Marc Miquel) presents potential languages that can easily become Wikipedias in the Celtic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference 2019 which highlights Sylheti with other potential new Wikipedias (screenshot). --ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 23:00, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

I am writing to inquire about any updates on the progress of Sylheti Wiki projects. The Sylheti language community is eager to contribute and enhance its presence on Wikimedia, and any information regarding the status or future plans would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and dedication to linguistic diversity on Wikimedia platforms. --ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 02:52, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Follow up - Hi, just to inform you that, a dedicated language community who value these projects are still actively contributing. Our projects featured in the Wikimedia Incubator for months. We think language committee have enough resources to assess our projects timely and do not get distracted by any anonymous emails whether good faith or intentional which can dirupt our projects and demotivate our contributors. We keep a log of genuine contributors, to communicate with our community please feel free to ask our community in the Village pump. Pinging Language Committee @Amire80, Anass Sedrati, Antony D. Green, Maor X, Janwo, Jon Harald Søby, Yupik, MF-Warburg, Evertype, Satdeep Gill, Sotiale, Tochiprecious, and Vito Genovese:. Thank you and happy new year! --ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 07:35, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

• User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Intervention_Needed_for_Sylheti_Wikipedia_Approval. FYI. —Yahya (talk • contribs.) 07:46, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
• @User:Yahya That discussion you have mentioned archived here: Community opinion on script conversion--ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk)

Request for approval of Wikisource Malay

Dear Language Committee, in recent months, the community has been actively engaging in proofreading on Wikisource Malay.. We kindly request your review of this project and hope that the Committee can approve it soon. Thank you for your attention and support. Agus Damanik (talk) 08:59, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I've noticed this request. I appreciate your effort! Let me review this. --Sotiale (talk) 08:01, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Sotiale is there any continuation about this? Agus Damanik (talk) 12:58, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

I think it would be better to get other committee members' opinions about Wikisource, so I will start the discussion after talking to them. The opinions of other committee members seem to be positive. --Sotiale (talk) 15:07, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I hope it will bear a good news Agus Damanik (talk) 12:25, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Request for Approval Komering Wikipedia

Hi Language Committee.

In the last 3 months, Wikipedia Komering seems to have changed 180° compared to previous months and even years. As one of the contributors, I submit this Wikipedia Komering for approval. Es Krim 5 juta Rasa submitted a new language request on November 14, 2023, and it has not been verified. I hope this project runs smoothly without any obstacles. I thank you very much for your support. EWDGahan (talk) 12:29, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for your contribution. Yes, as you mentioned, your project has had some very dramatic changes. It's the result of you and your community. However, this started in November, and unless there are other special circumstances, multiple contributors must demonstrate consistent activity for at least 3 months. This means that at least 3 months of activity must be confirmed; 3 months is only a minimum standard and not an absolute standard. Therefore, I hope that you will continue to make consistent efforts and interest for approval, and I believe that the approval will proceed smoothly as a result. --Sotiale (talk) 07:32, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

OK, I will invite several other people as contributors so that the Komering Wikipedia project runs as expected, And of course this is also for the common good, especially for the Komering people themselves. Es Krim 5 juta Rasa (talk) 05:23, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

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The request for approval of Wikipedia Arakan [6]

Hi, it seems like this request (The request for approval of Wikipedia Arakan [5]) is not answered, but automatically archived by the bot after 31 days of inactivity. Thank you. -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 22:12, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I've been busy lately so I haven't been able to properly respond to this, but after reviewing the activities and sustainability of this project, I am positive about approval. I will start discussing this soon. --Sotiale (talk) 07:36, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to review the project. -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 05:48, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

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Request for Approval of Bole Wikipedia

Hi Language Committee. In the last month, Bole Wikipedia seems to have changed seriously compared to previous months. As one of the contributors, I submit this Bole Wikipedia for approval. El-hussain14 (talk) 07:14, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi. Thank you for your efforts on the project. After review, I found that your project has been active for 3 months, but this only meets the minimum standards and needs improvement. As a result of random sampling, many short pages are found; incubator:Wp/bol/Hospital, incubator:Wp/bol/Bulah, incubator:Wp/bol/Tailor, incubator:Wp/bol/Jakaɗe, etc. These random sampling results from a total of 447 pages, including categories and templates, show that improvement is needed, even though content quality is not considered for approval normally. I believe that by improving these short pages, the editors' activities will be sufficiently sustained and the sustainability of the community will be further solidified. I will be happy to review this and begin discussions if you request approval again at that time. Thank you! --Sotiale (talk) 07:44, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Request for Approval of Igala Wikipedia

Hello Language Committee I go by the username AgnesAbah and am requesting for the creation of Igala Wikipedia, we have been active on wikimedia incubator for over six months with over 10 active contributors, Thanks as I anticipate your kind response. AgnesAbah (talk) 01:47, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I feel positive about the sustainability of your community. I'll review it next week, but I think it's a good idea for you to pre-edit some short pages before then. Thanks! --Sotiale (talk) 15:30, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your positive feedback and consideration. We are excited about the prospect of an Igala Wikipedia and appreciate your support. We'll be sure to pre-edit some short pages as suggested, and we're committed to contributing actively to the project AgnesAbah (talk) 20:30, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@Sotiale I trust you are doing well. We reviewed your comment and increased the content of the stub articles. We would like to know if there are other things we could do to facilitate the process. Thank you and we look forward to your feedback. Dnshitobu (talk) 18:13, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

@AgnesAbah: Hi, AgnesAbah. As this is a discussion archive, it is a bit inappropriate to answer here, but in conclusion I am in favor of approval and am currently looking for an langauge expert or linguist to verify the language. Can you recommend me an Igala language expert or linguist who is not involved in your incubating project? If possible, please send me their affiliation, email address, and name via ‘email‘, not public wiki page. Thanks! --Sotiale (talk) 14:38, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

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Request for verification of eligibility for West Coast Bajau Wikipedia

Hello Language Committee, it has come to my attention that the West Coast Bajau Wikipedia has not been verified as eligible even though the request has been done since 2020. The community plans to graduate from the Incubator by May 2024 so they hope the verification process can be sped up. I am currently aiding in making the project more active as part of the initiative by Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia. I hope anyone (maybe @Janwo, @Sotiale, or @Satdeep Gill) can verify the project as soon as possible before I make a further request for full approval in a couple of months. If you have any questions about the project, please let me know. Thank you. Ultron90 (talk) 08:03, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello. If you want approval, don't worry. If there is sufficient community contribution and sustainability, eligibility is not a major issue unless it is an issue with the language itself; therefore, not being marked eligible does not prevent approval, unless you have concerns that the language may not be eligible or believe a separate determination is needed. --Sotiale (talk) 15:24, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Request for central kanuri Wikipedia Approval

Hello langcom it's almost a year now we have been active and we have more than five active contributors. We are requesting for approval of central kanuri Wikipedia Umargana1 (talk) 08:49, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I am planning to review this. Regarding sustainability, at first glance I am positive. This week is difficult because I am busy, but next week I will do the necessary review. --Sotiale (talk) 15:27, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

@Sotiale Well, for this one, eligibility might be a big matter as per Talk:Language_committee/2023#Kanuri: eligible as a macrolanguage? or should split into 3~5 test projects+requests?. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 07:44, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello @Liuxinyu970226 i thought we pass and solved this issue as we all agree to split the wiki and we already moved to (knc) central kanuri. See here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Kanuri#Approval Umargana1 (talk) 08:25, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

We already solved the issue of macrolanguages. the code being used is knc, for Central Kanuri, which is the language in which the project is written. Caro de Segeda (talk) 08:55, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

This seems like you are taking us back to the old issues, after they are being resolved. And is agreed by the parties for splitting and all the works are being moved to the central Kanuri I think we have passed that eligibility matter,is just for us to get approval and carry on with activities. My thoughts. MohammedBama123 (talk) 20:35, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@Sotiale Ping abt central kanuri approval we a still waiting response from langcom Umargana1 (talk) 15:23, 20 February 2024 (UTC)