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Requests for new languages (Wikipedia Plautdietsch)

submitted verification final decision This language has been verified as eligible. The language is eligible for a project, which means that the subdomain can be created once there is an active community and a localized interface, as described in the language proposal policy. You can discuss the creation of this language project on this page. (See an unofficial analysis of this request.)

Proposal summary
Language details: Plautdietsch (ISO 639-3 pdt) Editing community: Wikipeeta (NP) List your user name if you're interested in editing the wiki. Add "N" next to your name if you are a native speaker of this language. Relevant pages: development wiki project External links: Ethnologue report, Plautdietsch-Freunde association (in Germany), www.plautdietsch.ca
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There are about half a million speakers of Plautdietsch living in different countries across the globe -- and there is no Plautdietsch Wikipedia out there yet... Being the founder and editor of the single and international magazine Plautdietsch FRIND, the proposer (Wikipeeta) would like to gather a few more interested Plautdietsch people to edit this planned Plautdietsch Wikipedia project.

Arguments in favour

1. The Pennsylvania German (Amish) Wikipedia language edition is already flourishing with 1492 articles. Therefore I believe that Plautdietsch (Mennonite) Wikipedia has the potential to achieve similar results if they were given the same opportunity to have their own Wikipedia language edition. --Jose77 03:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
2. Es ist ein aktiv Project mit viele Seite. Deutschlehrer 14:02, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
3. In view of the Wikipedias in Dutch Low Saxon and in Plattdüütsch of Germany, a Plautdietsch Wikipedia would help to complete the possibility of expression in all forms of Low German on Wikipedia. Ni'jluuseger 17:47, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
4. This Wikipedia would be a very welcome addition! Servien 13:41, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Arguments against

Plautdietsch is a part of East Low German. It is part of Low German, which is well served by nds Wikipedia. There is few activity on Plautdietsch incubator. Sarcelles 15:04, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

The Plautdietsch communities for the most part do not live in Germany and have - for generations - had a distinct identity, experience, and linguistic development from Low German speakers in Germany. Plautdietsch in Mexico, for instance, would be influenced by the Spanish Dachsprache.

Plautdietsch speakers might find their way to a Plautdietsch Wikipedia more easily than to the Plattdüütsch one, and would so be encouraged to contribute their knowledge about their own geographies, cultures, history, et cetera. Ni'jluuseger 14:51, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

How about Low Prussian, which is more similar to Plautdietsch than it is to Low Saxon? Sarcelles 18:21, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Since the Germans got expelled from Eastern Prussia after WW II there are no Low Prussian speaking communities anywhere except for the Plautdietsch ones. So what would be the difference or benefit of calling it Low Prussian instead of Plautdietsch? --::Slomox:: >< 07:55, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Is there a word for Low German minus Plautdietsch and Low Prussian at all?Sarcelles 18:46, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

General discussion

Jo, oba woone Schriewwies ooda Orthographie solle wi bruke? Kaun een Mensch schrift "etj" un een aundra schrift daut selwjet Wuat uk aus "ekj?" Ooda es et bäta soone Froage too vejäte, un lote de Oabeit aunfange?

Yes, but which writing-system or orthography should we use? Can one person write "etj" and another write the same word as "ekj?" Or is it better to forget such questions, and let the work begin?

Et es beta eefach auntefange ;-) Du vesteist et uk, egal auf et "ekj" ooda "etj" es, ooda nijch? Vestone es aulet, waut nedechj es. --::Slomox:: >< 17:16, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Localisation update

There is no observable localisation effort at Betawiki. Thanks, 06:41, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Localisation effort at Betawiki is observable now. 84.135.192.17 11:07, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

• Currently 53.43% of the most used MediaWiki messages have been localised. Localisation of these messages is a requirement before your request is finally assessed. This is the recent localisation activity for your language. Thanks, GerardM 12:38, 12 November 2008 (UTC)