[Foundation-l] Allow new wikis in extinct languages?

Sat Mar 29 22:18:21 UTC 2008

Allow--indeed, encourage--for every language in which there's enough
of a community to support it. How large a community is needed is the
only real question.

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 6:04 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29/03/2008, Ben McIlwain <cydeweys at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  > Certainly not in every extinct language.  But whether the language is
>  >  extinct or not is largely irrelevant; what really matters is whether
>  >  there would be a large enough community to sustain a Wikipedia in that
>  >  language.  If it's an extinct language that doesn't have a lot of
>  >  support and the wiki would languish in obscurity, don't create a new
>  >  Wikipedia for it.  If it's an extinct language with widespread interest
>  >  and the potential for a large community (such as Latin, which I see we
>  >  already have), go for it.
>
>
>  That would probably apply well to conlangs as well. Esperanto has a
>  vast interest and support base, Volapuk ... doesn't really.
>
>
>  - d.
>
>
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