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translated)" lang="ku" dir="ltr">kurdî</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/lt" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Language proposal policy/lt (5% translated)" lang="lt" dir="ltr">lietuvių</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/hu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Nyelvi javaslatok irányelvei (98% translated)" lang="hu" dir="ltr">magyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/nb" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Regler for forslag til nye språk (27% translated)" lang="nb" dir="ltr">norsk bokmål</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/oc" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Language proposal policy/oc (11% translated)" lang="oc" dir="ltr">occitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/pl" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Language proposal policy/pl (7% translated)" lang="pl" dir="ltr">polski</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Kieliehdotuskäytäntö (55% translated)" lang="fi" dir="ltr">suomi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/sv" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Språkförslagspolicy (100% translated)" lang="sv" dir="ltr">svenska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/tok" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="lawa pi toki “nasa” (30% translated)" lang="tok" dir="ltr">toki pona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/cs" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Pravidla pro návrh jazyka (98% translated)" lang="cs" dir="ltr">čeština</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/ru" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Правила подачи заявок на новый языковой раздел (84% translated)" lang="ru" dir="ltr">русский</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/uk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="Правила внесення пропозицій щодо нового мовного розділу (86% translated)" lang="uk" dir="ltr">українська</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/he" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="מדיניות הצעת שפה (16% translated)" lang="he" dir="rtl">עברית</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/ug" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="تىل سىياسىتىگە تەكلىپ بىرىش (25% translated)" lang="ug" dir="rtl">ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/ar" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="سياسة اقتراح اللغات (98% translated)" lang="ar" dir="rtl">العربية</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/azb" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="دیل اؤنریلمه سیاستی (14% translated)" lang="azb" dir="rtl">تۆرکجه</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/bcc" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="زبانی پیشنهادی سیاست (2% translated)" lang="bcc" dir="rtl">جهلسری بلوچی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/fa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="سیاست پیشنهاد زبان (27% translated)" lang="fa" dir="rtl">فارسی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/ps" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="د يوې ژبې د وړانديز تگلاره (11% translated)" lang="ps" dir="rtl">پښتو</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/ckb" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Language proposal policy/ckb (4% translated)" lang="ckb" dir="rtl">کوردی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/anp" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="भाषा सुझाव नीति (27% translated)" lang="anp" dir="ltr">अंगिका</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/ne" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="भाषा प्रस्ताव नीति (21% translated)" lang="ne" dir="ltr">नेपाली</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/bho" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="भाषा प्रस्ताव नीति (2% translated)" lang="bho" dir="ltr">भोजपुरी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/mag" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="भाषा प्रस्ताव नीति (36% translated)" lang="mag" dir="ltr">मगही</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/sa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="भाषाप्रस्तावस्य नीतयः (5% translated)" lang="sa" dir="ltr">संस्कृतम्</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/hi" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="भाषा प्रस्ताव नीति (98% translated)" lang="hi" dir="ltr">हिन्दी</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/as" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Language proposal policy/as (4% translated)" lang="as" dir="ltr">অসমীয়া</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/bn" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ভাষা প্রস্তাবনার নীতি (12% translated)" lang="bn" dir="ltr">বাংলা</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/pa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Language proposal policy/pa (18% translated)" lang="pa" dir="ltr">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/gu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ભાષા દરખાસ્ત નીતિ (25% translated)" lang="gu" dir="ltr">ગુજરાતી</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/ta" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Language proposal policy/ta (4% translated)" lang="ta" dir="ltr">தமிழ்</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/th" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="นโยบายการเสนอภาษา (38% translated)" lang="th" dir="ltr">ไทย</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/blk" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ဘာႏသာႏငဝ်းငွါ ဒင်ႏအွဉ်ႏနယ် မူဝါဒ (21% translated)" lang="blk" dir="ltr">ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/kjp" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="ဆ်ုခၠါင်ဘာႋသာ့ပ္တိင့်ပေဝ်ႋလ်ုဆီ့ (11% translated)" lang="kjp" dir="ltr">ဖၠုံလိက်</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/my" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--high" title="ဘာသာစကား အဆိုပြုခြင်း မူဝါဒ (75% translated)" lang="my" dir="ltr">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/rki" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="ဘာသာစကားအဆိုပြုချက်မူဝါဒ (18% translated)" lang="rki" dir="ltr">ရခိုင်</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/ka" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Language proposal policy/ka (7% translated)" lang="ka" dir="ltr">ქართული</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/zh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="語言提案方針 (100% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="言語の提案の方針 (100% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_proposal_policy/yue" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="語言提議方針 (32% translated)" lang="yue" 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It must not be modified without prior <a href="/wiki/Requests_for_comment" title="Requests for comment">community approval</a>.</td><td class="mbox-imageright"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg/45px-Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg/68px-Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg/90px-Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="900"/></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r27574818">.mw-parser-output .ts-Process_header-headerBox{align-items:center;background-color:var(--background-color-success-subtle,#dfd);color:var(--color-base,black);border:1px solid #00af89;display:flex;flex-flow:row;justify-content:space-between;margin:2px 0 .5em;padding:.25em .5em}.mw-parser-output .ts-Process_header-controls{padding:0 1em;width:20%}.mw-parser-output .ts-Process_header-header{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ts-Process_header-notes{background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);color:var(--color-emphasized,#101418);border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle,#c8ccd1);margin:.5em 0 1em;padding:1em 1.5em}</style> <div class="ts-Process_header-headerBox" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="process-header-header" style="flex-flow: row;"> <div class="ts-Process_header-controls" style="text-align: left;">←<a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Meta:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Special:MyLanguage/Meta:Policies and guidelines">Policies and guidelines</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Meta:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Meta:Policies and guidelines"> </a></span></div> <div class="ts-Process_header-header" id="process-header-header"><b>Language proposal policy</b> </div> <div class="ts-Process_header-controls" style="text-align: right;"></div> </div> <div class="ts-Process_header-notes" role="note"><div class="noprint shortcut shortcut-ltr" dir="auto" lang=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r27790406">.mw-parser-output .shortcut{margin:2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);color:var(--color-emphasized,#101418);padding:.5em;font-size:smaller;line-height:normal;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .shortcut-ltr{float:right;margin-right:0}.mw-parser-output .shortcut-rtl{float:left;margin-left:0}</style><a href="/wiki/Meta:Shortcuts" class="mw-redirect" title="Meta:Shortcuts"><bdi lang="en">Shortcut</bdi></a>: <br/><a href="/wiki/LPP" class="mw-redirect" title="LPP">LPP</a></div>This page outlines the policy that governs <a href="/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages" title="Requests for new languages">proposals to open new language subdomains</a> of existing projects, as defined by the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_committee" title="Special:MyLanguage/Language committee">language committee</a>. This policy was most recently updated on 13 June 2019. </div> <table lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin:2px 0.5em;float:right;clear:right;margin-right:0;background:#FFF;border:1px solid #AAA;padding:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#E0EEE0;"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_committee" title="Special:MyLanguage/Language committee">Language committee</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_committee" title="Language committee"><img alt="Language committee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Language_Committee_logo_2_%28alt%29.svg/115px-Language_Committee_logo_2_%28alt%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="115" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Language_Committee_logo_2_%28alt%29.svg/173px-Language_Committee_logo_2_%28alt%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Language_Committee_logo_2_%28alt%29.svg/230px-Language_Committee_logo_2_%28alt%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="96" data-file-height="100"/></a><figcaption>Language committee</figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E0EEE0;">For requesting users </th></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Requests_for_new_languages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Requests for new languages">Requests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_proposal_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Language proposal policy">Proposal policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)" title="Special:MyLanguage/Language committee/Handbook (requesters)">Handbook (requesters)</a></li> <li><a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Manual" class="extiw" title="incubator:Help:Manual">Incubator manual</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E0EEE0;">For members </th></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_committee/Handbook_(committee)" title="Special:MyLanguage/Language committee/Handbook (committee)">Handbook (committee)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_committee/Voting_policy" title="Language committee/Voting policy">Voting policy</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E0EEE0;">Information </th></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Language_committee/FAQ" title="Language committee/FAQ">Common answers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_committee/Archives" title="Language committee/Archives">Discussion archives</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E0EEE0;">Closing projects <i>(voluntarily)</i> </th></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Closing_projects_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Closing projects policy">Closing projects policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects" title="Proposals for closing projects">Proposals</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0EEE0;"><div class="noprint plainlinksneverexpand" lang="en" dir="auto" style="line-height:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:x-small;white-space:nowrap;"> This box: <a href="/wiki/Template:Lc-navigation/layout" title="Template:Lc-navigation/layout"><span style="color: var(--color-progressive, #002bb8);font-size:x-small;" title="View this template">view</span></a> <b>·</b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Lc-navigation/layout&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:Lc-navigation/layout (page does not exist)"><span style="color: var(--color-progressive, #002bb8);font-size:x-small" title="Discussion about this template">talk</span></a> <b>·</b> <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Lc-navigation/layout&action=edit"><span style="color: var(--color-progressive, #002bb8);font-size:x-small" title="You can edit this template. Please use the Preview button before saving.">edit</span></a></span> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Please review the full text of this page before submitting a proposal.</b> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_committee" title="Special:MyLanguage/Language committee">language committee</a> processes requests in accordance with the <a href="#Application_procedure">application procedure</a> and prior experience with requests and projects. The committee can skip steps in the procedure if they consider a request to have already met the objectives of those steps. Proposals for projects in a language that already has a well-established project may be fast-tracked in this way. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Application_procedure" data-mw-thread-id="h-Application_procedure"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Application_procedure"></span>Application procedure<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Application_procedure"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Requisites" data-mw-thread-id="h-Requisites-Application_procedure"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Requisites-Application_procedure"></span>Requisites<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Requisites-Application_procedure"></span></h3></div> <p>The following requirements <i>must</i> be met by requests before they can be approved; although they can be met at any time before or after a request, we recommend fulfilling the basic requirements <i>before</i> making a request. If you need any help or have questions, please <a href="/wiki/Talk:Language_committee" title="Talk:Language committee">ask a committee member</a>. </p><p>Projects that existed before the initial version of this policy was adopted (November 2006) do not have to meet these requirements. Please do not use them as an argument that your project should be ruled "eligible". The fact that such projects exist, even when they do not meet the eligibility requirements below, is completely irrelevant to current eligibility discussions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Requisites_for_eligibility" data-mw-thread-id="h-Requisites_for_eligibility-Requisites"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Requisites_for_eligibility-Requisites"></span>Requisites for eligibility<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Requisites_for_eligibility-Requisites"></span></h4></div> <ol><li>The proposal is to open a new language edition of an <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Template:Main_Page/Sisterprojects" title="Special:MyLanguage/Template:Main Page/Sisterprojects">existing Wikimedia project</a> that does not already exist (see the <a href="/wiki/Complete_list_of_Wikimedia_projects" title="Complete list of Wikimedia projects">complete list of Wikimedia projects</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Special:SiteMatrix" title="Special:SiteMatrix">SiteMatrix</a>). <dl><dd><small>(The appropriate place to go if you are proposing a completely new project is <a href="/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects" title="Proposals for new projects">Proposals for new projects</a>.)</small></dd></dl></li> <li>The language must ordinarily have a valid <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:ISO_639" class="extiw" title="w:en:ISO 639">ISO 639</a> 1–3 code (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_tables/639/data">search</a>). <ul><li><i>If there is no valid ISO 639 code, you must try to obtain one.<sup id="cite_ref-sil.org/intro_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sil.org/intro-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Wikimedia Foundation does not seek to develop new linguistic entities; there must be an extensive body of works in that language. The information that distinguishes this language from another must ordinarily be sufficient to convince standards organizations to create an ISO 639 code.</i></li> <li><i>Under very unusual circumstances, and provided there has first been an effort to obtain an ISO 639–3 code, the Language Committee may be willing to consider projects in languages having a valid <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IETF_language_tag" class="extiw" title="en:IETF language tag">BCP 47 language tag</a>. Languages having neither an ISO 639 code nor a BCP 47 tag will not be considered under any circumstances.</i></li></ul></li> <li>The language must be sufficiently unique that it could not coexist on a more general wiki. In most cases, this excludes regional dialects and different written forms of the same language. <ul><li><i>The degree of difference required is considered on a case-by-case basis. The committee does not consider political differences, since the Wikimedia Foundation's goal is to give every single person free, unbiased access to the sum of all human knowledge, rather than information from the viewpoint of individual political communities.</i></li> <li><i>Projects coded as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/macrolanguage" class="extiw" title="en:macrolanguage">macrolanguages</a> in ISO 639–3 are possible in some cases. New projects with a macrolanguage code are generally allowed if other projects with the identical code already exist in Wikimedia. In all other cases, these are decided on a case-by-case basis. There must be a reason why the project should be in the macrolanguage and not in one of the languages within the macrolanguage.</i></li> <li><i><small>Codes for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-2#Collections_of_languages" class="extiw" title="en:ISO 639-2">collections of languages</a> are part of ISO 639–2, not ISO 639–3. These are no longer valid codes for new Wikimedia projects. <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Special_language_codes" title="Special:MyLanguage/Special language codes">A few existing projects</a> continue to use such codes, though the plan is to move them all.</small></i></li></ul></li> <li>The language of the proposal has a sufficient number of fluent users to form a viable contributor community and an audience for the content. <ul><li>Wikisource wikis are allowed in languages with no native speakers, although these should be on a wiki for the modern form of the language, when possible.</li> <li>If the proposal is for an artificial language such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Esperanto" class="extiw" title="w:en:Esperanto">Esperanto</a>, it must have a reasonable degree of recognition as determined by discussion. (Some recognition criteria include, but are not limited to: independently proved number of speakers, use as an auxiliary language outside of online communities created solely for the purpose, usage outside of Wikimedia, publication of works in the language for general sale.) <ins id="fictional"></ins>Notwithstanding the existence of an ISO 639–3 code, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_language" class="extiw" title="en:Fictional language">fictional languages</a> are not eligible for projects. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-language" class="extiw" title="en:Proto-language">Proto-language reconstructions</a> are not eligible for ISO 639-3 codes,<sup id="cite_ref-sil.org/constructed_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sil.org/constructed-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> so are not eligible for projects.</li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Requisites_for_final_approval" data-mw-thread-id="h-Requisites_for_final_approval-Requisites"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Requisites_for_final_approval-Requisites"></span>Requisites for final approval<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Requisites_for_final_approval-Requisites"></span></h4></div> <ol><li>There is an <b>active test project</b> on the <a href="https://wikisource.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="oldwikisource:">Multilingual Wikisource</a> (Wikisource only), <a href="https://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="betawikiversity:">Beta Wikiversity</a> (Wikiversity only), or the <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="incubator:">Incubator</a> (all other projects). <ul><li><i>A project must start on one of these wikis. This will demonstrate that there is sufficient community to build the project.</i></li></ul></li> <li>There is a continuing effort to <b>translate the MediaWiki interface into that language</b> so that nobody is excluded from participating if they do not understand the English-language user interface. As a baseline, it is recommended that you begin by translating the "<a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/core-0-mostused" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Special:Translate/core-0-mostused">most used MediaWiki messages</a>". These are the messages that are of highest importance to our readers and users. If a Wikimedia project in your language already exists and these messages have already been translated, we ask that you show evidence that localisation is continuing to be improved and maintained at a reasonable pace. <ul><li><i>We ask that all localisation work be coordinated on translatewiki.net, so that the localisation will be available on all Wikimedia Foundation projects, not just the one you're active on. Another benefit is that MediaWiki as a product will provide better functionality for users of MediaWiki outside the Wikimedia Foundation. It is for this reason that we suggest that you translate the non-WMF extensions as well.</i></li> <li><i><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation_statistics" class="extiw" title="mw:Localisation statistics">Localisation statistics</a> are available which describe the current availability of translations for the MediaWiki interface into different languages. The <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Group_statistics" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Translating:Group statistics">group statistics</a> at translatewiki.net have more detailed information.</i></li> <li><i>Note that exporting of MediaWiki translations from translatewiki.net and consequently their availability on Wikimedia wikis only starts when 13% of the whole <a href="https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:Translate/core" class="extiw" title="translatewiki:Special:Translate/core">MediaWiki core messages</a> are translated.</i></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_proposal" data-mw-thread-id="h-Initial_proposal-Application_procedure"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Initial_proposal-Application_procedure"></span>Initial proposal<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Initial_proposal-Application_procedure"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><b>Read the above requirements.</b> Requests that do not conform to the policy will be rejected.</li> <li>Make sure you have <a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup">registered an account</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special:UserLogin" title="Special:UserLogin">are logged in</a> on this wiki.</li> <li>Follow the steps explained at <b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)" title="Special:MyLanguage/Language committee/Handbook (requesters)">Language committee/Handbook (requesters)</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)" title="Language committee/Handbook (requesters)"> </a></span></b>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discussion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Discussion-Application_procedure"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Discussion-Application_procedure"></span>Discussion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Discussion-Application_procedure"></span></h3></div> <p>Users are encouraged to discuss whether it is a good idea to open the new language. <b>However, this is not a vote.</b> The project will be assessed on its linguistic merits and chances of flourishing. Even if there is strong support, the proposal may be denied if there are strong arguments against its creation and insufficiently strong arguments in support as judged by the language committee. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verification" data-mw-thread-id="h-Verification-Application_procedure"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Verification-Application_procedure"></span>Verification<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Verification-Application_procedure"></span></h3></div> <p>If the requirements for eligibility are met, the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/language_committee" title="Special:MyLanguage/language committee">Language committee</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Language_committee" title="Language committee"> </a></span> should verify it as "eligible". This means that the committee can proceed with final approval at the point when the activity and localization requirements are met. The respective request page contains links to track progress on this. </p><p>The users should begin writing a test project on the <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="incubator:">Incubator wiki</a>, the <a href="https://wikisource.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="oldwikisource:">Multilingual Wikisource</a> or the <a href="https://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="betawikiversity:">Beta Wikiversity</a> (as the case may be) now, if they haven't already. At least five active users must edit that language regularly before a test project will be considered successful. You are encouraged to search for interested contributors yourself, as this may speed up the process considerably. Note that <a href="/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects" title="Proposals for closing projects">a project may be closed</a> if there is little or no activity after it is created. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_approval" data-mw-thread-id="h-Final_approval-Application_procedure"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Final_approval-Application_procedure"></span>Final approval<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Final_approval-Application_procedure"></span></h3></div> <p>If all requirements have been met and a detailed investigation finds no unresolved problems, the <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/language_committee" title="Special:MyLanguage/language committee">Language committee</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Language_committee" title="Language committee"> </a></span> will notify the whole community of pending approval by adding a notice to <a href="/wiki/Talk:Language_committee" title="Talk:Language committee">Talk:Language committee</a>. If no further problems come up, the request will be approved and developers will be asked to create the wiki. </p><p>The number of users that support or oppose the project is irrelevant. </p><p>Users are strongly encouraged to continue developing the test project while they are waiting for the wiki to be opened. This may accelerate the process. For Wikipedia proposals, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_articles_every_Wikipedia_should_have" title="List of articles every Wikipedia should have">list of articles every Wikipedia should have</a> may be useful. All pages developed as part of a test wiki will be transferred to the actual wiki when it is opened. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Specific_issues" data-mw-thread-id="h-Specific_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Specific_issues"></span>Specific issues<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Specific_issues"></span></h2></div> <dl><dt>Ancient or historical languages</dt> <dd>Only Wikisource wikis in ancient or historical languages are accepted, because resources in such languages continue to be important to the world, even in the absence of native, living speakers of those languages. Where possible, such languages should be bundled with the modern equivalent Wikisource project (such as Old English with English), though that is not required.</dd> <dt>Artificial languages</dt> <dd>Yes, there can be wikis in artificial languages. There are already wikis available in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Esperanto" class="extiw" title="w:en:Esperanto">Esperanto</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ido_(language)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Ido (language)">Ido</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Interlingua" class="extiw" title="w:en:Interlingua">Interlingua</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Occidental_language" class="extiw" title="w:en:Occidental language">Interlingue</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Lojban" class="extiw" title="w:en:Lojban">Lojban</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Volap%C3%BCk" class="extiw" title="w:en:Volapük">Volapük</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Novial" class="extiw" title="w:en:Novial">Novial</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Lingua_Franca_Nova" class="extiw" title="w:en:Lingua Franca Nova">Lingua Franca Nova</a>. See the relevant <a href="#fictional">note</a> under the prerequisites concerning fictional languages and reconstructed proto-languages.</dd> <dt>Number of speakers necessary</dt> <dd>There should be enough speakers to form a viable community and audience. Whether a particular language qualifies depends on discussion.</dd> <dt>Test projects</dt> <dd>Anyone can create a test project at any time. For more information, see the <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incubator:Main_Page" class="extiw" title="incubator:Incubator:Main Page">Incubator wiki's main page</a> and <a href="https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Manual" class="extiw" title="incubator:Help:Manual">its manual</a>.</dd> <dt>Unicode encoding</dt> <dd>Strictly speaking, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode" class="extiw" title="en:Unicode">Unicode</a> encoding is not required by policy in order for a project to be approved. In practice, however, it may be impossible to ensure that the Wikimedia servers serve the project correctly if the language and script do not have a standard Unicode encoding.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages" title="Requests for new languages">Requests for new languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposals_for_closing_projects" title="Proposals for closing projects">Proposals for closing projects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Requests_for_new_languages" title="Category:Requests for new languages">Categories</a></li></ul> <div style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Footnotes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Footnotes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Footnotes"></span>Footnotes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Footnotes"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-sil.org/intro-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-sil.org/intro_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_changes/introduction">SIL's website</a> for details as to how to do this.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sil.org/constructed-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-sil.org/constructed_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iso639-3.sil.org/about/types#Constructed">SIL's website</a> for details.</span> </li> </ol></div> </div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Language_proposal_policy&oldid=26889519">https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Language_proposal_policy&oldid=26889519</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Global_policies" title="Category:Global policies">Global policies</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden category: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Indefinitely_semi-protected" title="Category:Indefinitely semi-protected">Indefinitely semi-protected</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 8 June 2024, at 08:13.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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