Andre Engels wrote:
It varies, but then, it also varies for some much
larger languages (Marathi
with 65 million speakers has only 4 pages, for example). There's four
Wikipedia languages with less than 100.000 speakers, none of them getting
anywhere serious, however the fifth smallest language (Icelandic, 250.000
speakers) managed to get to a number of 9 Wikipedians (with 10 or more
logged-in edits), and is seriously trying to make something.
Wikipedia languages with less than 1 million speakers:
speakers Wikipedians pages
Manx 250 0 1
Nauruan 7.000 2 16
Maori 50.000 0 8
Scottish 60.000 1 14
Icelandic 250.000 9 209
Irish 260.000 3 62
Corsican 340.000 0 14
Occitan 350.000 7 493
Welsh 600.000 9 954
Basque 600.000 5 2319
Frisian 700.000 9 881
Regretably, in a few instances the proponents start the wiki in their
language just to see if it can be done. When they have immediate
success, they lose interest. I suppose that a seriously inactive
Wikipedia could be put into suspense, and the work that has already been
done could be revived if there is a renewed interest. From the above
list Manx, Maori, and Corsican would be candidates for suspension
depending on how long since their last activity.
There would need to be a prominent mention somewhere (perhaps after the
list of active pedias) inviting people to breathe life back into them.
Ec