Great idea
* Name :
babel.wikimedia.org ?
* Main Page : a list of languages by, say, # of native
speakers/readers [1], with prominent links to other views (by
language-cluster, by geographic region, by article-count, by reader
popularity...), information on translators & translation, and language
statistics [2].
I think that a list in such an order would be confusing without any
soirt of qualification.
* Content : All localizable MediaWiki strings, in 200+
languages [3].
Portals for each language, describing work being done to develop that
language, with portal-content in a few core language + the lang in
question. All localizable custom strings for Wikimedia projects, in
those languages. Key strings and messages (such as site-wide notice
templates) which are used regularly and needed in every language.
The main problem with that would be: how many people are going to
visit? Many people who have translated the interface or some other
similar work at a Wiki would need to know that this Wiki existed, and
further, they'd have to have incentive to come.
Mark
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"Take away their language, destroy their souls." -- Joseph Stalin