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It would normally include the Wikimedia language code, name of the language, etc. Please complete at Wikidata if needed. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_system#Directionality" class="extiw" title="en:Writing system">Directionality</a></td> <td>LTR</td> <td>Is the language written from left to right (LTR) or from right to left (RTL)? </td></tr> <tr> <td>Links</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.salanguages.com/northernsotho/">Northern Sotho General Introduction</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://africanlanguages.com/northern_sotho/">Northern Sotho General Introduction</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://africanlanguages.com/sdp/">Northern Sotho Online Dictionary</a></td> <td>Links to previous requests, or references to external websites or documents. </td></tr> <tr class="plainlinks"> <td>Site URL</td> <td><a class="external text" href="https://nso.wiktionary.org">nso.wiktionary.org</a></td> <td>langcode.wikiproject.org </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><ins id="Settings"></ins> </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-top: 0; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Settings </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 15%;">Project name </td> <td style="width: 35%;"> </td> <td style="width: 50%;">"Wiktionary" in your language </td></tr> <tr> <td>Project namespace</td> <td></td> <td>usually the same as the project name </td></tr> <tr> <td>Project talk namespace</td> <td></td> <td>"Wiktionary talk" (the discussion namespace of the project namespace) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Enable uploads</td> <td>no</td> <td>Default is "no". Preferably, files should be uploaded to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="commons:">Commons</a>.<br/><div style="font-size: 86%;">If you want, you can enable local file uploading, either by any user ("yes") or by administrators only ("admin").<br/>Notes: (1) This setting can be changed afterwards. The setting can only be "yes" or "admin" at approval if the test creates an <a href="/wiki/EDP" class="mw-redirect" title="EDP">Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP)</a> first. (2) Files on Commons can be used on all Wikis. (3) Uploading fair-use images is not allowed on Commons (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:POL" class="extiw" title="commons:COM:POL">more info</a>). (4) Localisation to your language may be insufficient on Commons.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3"><small>Optional settings</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Project logo</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=File:...&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="File:... (page does not exist)">File:...</a></td> <td>This needs to be an SVG image (<a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_official_marks/Word_mark_creation" class="extiw" title="wmf:Wikimedia official marks/Word mark creation">instructions for logo creation</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <td>Default project timezone</td> <td>Africa/Johannesburg</td> <td>"Continent/City", e.g. "Europe/Brussels" or "America/Mexico City" (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones" class="extiw" title="en:List of tz database time zones">list of valid timezones</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Additional namespaces </td> <td> </td> <td>For example, a Wikisource would need "Page", "Page talk", "Index", "Index talk", "Author", "Author talk". </td></tr> <tr> <td>Additional settings </td> <td> </td> <td>Anything else that should be set </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 80%; display: none;" colspan="3">Once settings are finalized, a committee member will <a class="external text" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/91/?projects=Wiki-Setup-Create,&title=Create+Wiktionary+Northern+Sotho&description=The+language+committee+has+approved+the+creation+of+Wiktionary+Northern+Sotho.%0A%0A-+%2A%2ARequest+page%3A%2A%2A+https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRequests_for_new_languages%2FWiktionary_Northern_Sotho%0A-+%2A%2ALanguage+code%3A%2A%2A+nso%0A-+%2A%2ASite+URL%3A%2A%2A+nso.wiktionary.org%0A-+%2A%2ADirectionality%3A%2A%2A+LTR%0A-+%2A%2AProject+name%3A%2A%2A+%0A-+%2A%2AProject+name+%28English%29%3A%2A%2A+Northern+Sotho+Wiktionary%0A-+%2A%2AProject+namespace%3A%2A%2A+%0A-+%2A%2AProject+talk+namespace%3A%2A%2A+%0A-+%2A%2AVisibility%3A%2A%2A+Public%0A-+%2A%2AProject+logo%3A%2A%2A+https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3A...%0A-+%2A%2ATimezone%3A%2A%2A+Africa%2FJohannesburg%0A%0A-+%2A%2AShard%3A%2A%2A+s5%0A-+%2A%2ALocal+file+uploads%3A%2A%2A+disabled%0A%0AThank+you.">submit a Phabricator task</a> requesting creation of the wiki. (This will include everything automatically, except the additional namespaces/settings.) After the task is created, it should be linked to in a comment under "final decision" above. </td></tr></tbody></table> <hr style="margin-bottom: 1em; height: 2px;"/> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONDESKTOP__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-Jakoli4-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Proposal-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z","replies":["c-Jakoli4-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z-Proposal"],"text":"Proposal","linkableTitle":"Proposal"}--><h2 id="Proposal" data-mw-thread-id="h-Proposal-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Proposal-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z"></span>Proposal<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Proposal-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Northern_Sotho&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Proposal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-Jakoli4-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Proposal-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z","replies":["c-Jakoli4-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z-Proposal"]}}--><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"><!--__DTLATESTCOMMENTTHREAD__{"id":"c-Jakoli4-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z-Proposal","timestamp":"2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z"}__--><!--__DTCOMMENTCOUNT__1__--><!--__DTAUTHORCOUNT__1__--></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONMOBILE__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-Jakoli4-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Proposal-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z","replies":["c-Jakoli4-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z-Proposal"],"text":"Proposal","linkableTitle":"Proposal"}--></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Jakoli4-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z-Proposal"></span>I would like to propose a Northern Sotho (language also known as Sepedi and Sesotho sa Leboa) as related South African languages such Sesotho and Tswana has succesfully been added as Wikimedia projects. This language is considered an official language of the Republic of South Africa and as can be seen from the external links there are a lot of resources available online. --<a href="/wiki/User:Jakoli4" title="User:Jakoli4">Jakoli4</a> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Northern_Sotho#c-Jakoli4-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z-Proposal" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:23, 2 February 2007 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Jakoli4-2007-02-02T15:23:00.000Z-Proposal"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span 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id="h-Discussion-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z"></span>Discussion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Discussion-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Northern_Sotho&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Discussion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-Johannes_Rohr-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Discussion-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z","replies":["h-Arguments_in_favor-Discussion-2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z","h-Arguments_against-Discussion","h-General_discussion-Discussion-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z"]}}--><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"><!--__DTLATESTCOMMENTTHREAD__{"id":"c-Mohau-2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z-Arguments_in_favor","timestamp":"2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z"}__--><!--__DTCOMMENTCOUNT__6__--><!--__DTAUTHORCOUNT__3__--></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONMOBILE__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-Johannes_Rohr-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Discussion-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z","replies":["h-Arguments_in_favor-Discussion-2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z","h-Arguments_against-Discussion","h-General_discussion-Discussion-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z"],"text":"Discussion","linkableTitle":"Discussion"}--></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Arguments_in_favor" data-mw-thread-id="h-Arguments_in_favor-Discussion-2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Arguments_in_favor-Discussion-2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z"></span>Arguments in favor<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Arguments_in_favor-Discussion-2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Northern_Sotho&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Arguments in favor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Mohau-2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z-Arguments_in_favor"></span>Sepedi/Northen Sotho is the 4th most spoken language in South Africa followed by Setswana and English.<a href="/wiki/User:Mohau" title="User:Mohau">Mohau</a> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Northern_Sotho#c-Mohau-2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z-Arguments_in_favor" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:38, 27 December 2007 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Mohau-2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z-Arguments_in_favor"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z","author":"Mohau","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Mohau-2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z-Arguments_in_favor","replies":[]}}--></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Mohau-2007-12-27T18:38:00.000Z-Arguments_in_favor"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Arguments_against" data-mw-thread-id="h-Arguments_against-Discussion"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Arguments_against-Discussion"></span>Arguments against<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Arguments_against-Discussion"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Northern_Sotho&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arguments against"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>none yet</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_discussion" data-mw-thread-id="h-General_discussion-Discussion-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-General_discussion-Discussion-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z"></span>General discussion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-General_discussion-Discussion-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Northern_Sotho&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: General discussion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z-General_discussion"></span>Sadly, there is already a plethora of inactive and zero-content wikis in (South) African languages (e.g. <a href="https://ve.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ve:">Venda</a>, <a href="https://ts.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ts:">XiTsonga</a>, <a href="https://hz.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="hz:">Herero</a>, <a href="https://ng.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="ng:">Ndonga</a>, <a href="https://kr.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="kr:">Kanuri</a>). Therefore, I would highly recommend to first gather a group of prospective contributors to ensure that this proposal does not suffer the same fate.--<a href="/wiki/User:Johannes_Rohr" title="User:Johannes Rohr">Johannes Rohr</a> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Northern_Sotho#c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z-General_discussion" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:05, 2 February 2007 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z-General_discussion"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z","author":"Johannes Rohr","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z-General_discussion","replies":[]}}--></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-02-02T22:05:00.000Z-General_discussion"></span></li> <li><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Iamunknown-2007-02-21T20:15:00.000Z-General_discussion"></span>You may consider, as Johannes Rohr suggested, gathering a group of contributors and creating content on the Incubator wiki. You would create dictioary definitions with the prefix "Wn/nso." <small>(More experienced metapedians: if I am mistaken, please correct me.)</small> --<a href="/wiki/User:Iamunknown" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Iamunknown">Iamunknown</a> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Northern_Sotho#c-Iamunknown-2007-02-21T20:15:00.000Z-General_discussion" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:15, 21 February 2007 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Iamunknown-2007-02-21T20:15:00.000Z-General_discussion"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2007-02-21T20:15:00.000Z","author":"Iamunknown","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Iamunknown-2007-02-21T20:15:00.000Z-General_discussion","replies":["c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z-Iamunknown-2007-02-21T20:15:00.000Z"]}}--></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Iamunknown-2007-02-21T20:15:00.000Z-General_discussion"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z-Iamunknown-2007-02-21T20:15:00.000Z"></span>The "Wn" prefix seems to be already taken by Wikinews. See <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wn/ko" class="extiw" title="incubator:Wn/ko">incubator:Wn/ko</a>. I suggest "Wk". --<a href="/wiki/User:Johannes_Rohr" title="User:Johannes Rohr">Johannes Rohr</a> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Northern_Sotho#c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z-Iamunknown-2007-02-21T20:15:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">07:03, 12 May 2007 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z-Iamunknown-2007-02-21T20:15:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z","author":"Johannes Rohr","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z-Iamunknown-2007-02-21T20:15:00.000Z","replies":["c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:09:00.000Z-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z"]}}--></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z-Iamunknown-2007-02-21T20:15:00.000Z"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:09:00.000Z-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z"></span>Just seen that the <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikt/hsb" class="extiw" title="incubator:Wikt/hsb">Upper Sorbian test wiktionary</a> uses "Wikt" as prefix.--<a href="/wiki/User:Johannes_Rohr" title="User:Johannes Rohr">Johannes Rohr</a> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Northern_Sotho#c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:09:00.000Z-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">07:09, 12 May 2007 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:09:00.000Z-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2007-05-12T07:09:00.000Z","author":"Johannes Rohr","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:09:00.000Z-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z","replies":["c-Mohau-2007-12-24T19:21:00.000Z-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:09:00.000Z"]}}--></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:09:00.000Z-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:03:00.000Z"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Mohau-2007-12-24T19:21:00.000Z-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:09:00.000Z"></span>I am going ahead and adding articles at <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/wt/nso" class="extiw" title="incubator:wt/nso">incubator:wt/nso</a>, as this seems to be the naming conversion used. <a href="/wiki/User:Mohau" title="User:Mohau">Mohau</a> <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktionary_Northern_Sotho#c-Mohau-2007-12-24T19:21:00.000Z-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:09:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:21, 24 December 2007 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Mohau-2007-12-24T19:21:00.000Z-Johannes_Rohr-2007-05-12T07:09:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span 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