Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Riograndenser Hunsrückisch

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Please contribute to the test on Incubator. For LangCom: StevenJ81 (talk) 15:00, 2 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • The community needs to develop an active test project; it must remain active until approval (automated statistics, recent changes). It is generally considered active if the analysis lists at least three active, not-grayed-out editors listed in the sections for the previous few months.
  • The community needs to complete required MediaWiki interface translations in that language (about localization, translatewiki, check completion).
  • The community needs to discuss and complete the settings table below:
What Value Example / Explanation
Proposal
Language code hrx (SIL, Glottolog) A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name Riograndenser Hunsrückisch Language name in English
Language name Riograndenser Hunsrückisch Language name in your language. This will appear in the language list on Special:Preferences, in the interwiki sidebar on other wikis, ...
Language Wikidata item Q304049 - item has currently the following values:
 Item about the language at Wikidata. It would normally include the Wikimedia language code, name of the language, etc. Please complete at Wikidata if needed.
Directionality LTR Is the language written from left to right (LTR) or from right to left (RTL)?
Links Links to previous requests, or references to external websites or documents.
Site URL hrx.wikipedia.org langcode.wikiproject.org

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Project name Wikipedia "Wikipedia" in your language
Project namespace usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace "Wikipedia talk" (the discussion namespace of the project namespace)
Enable uploads no Default is "no". Preferably, files should be uploaded to Commons.
If you want, you can enable local file uploading, either by any user ("yes") or by administrators only ("admin").
Notes: (1) This setting can be changed afterwards. The setting can only be "yes" or "admin" at approval if the test creates an Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) first. (2) Files on Commons can be used on all Wikis. (3) Uploading fair-use images is not allowed on Commons (more info). (4) Localisation to your language may be insufficient on Commons.
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Project logo File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-hrx.svg This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone America/Sao_Paulo "Continent/City", e.g. "Europe/Brussels" or "America/Mexico City" (see list of valid timezones)
Additional namespaces For example, a Wikisource would need "Page", "Page talk", "Index", "Index talk", "Author", "Author talk".
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There are hundreds of thousands if not a couple of million speakers of Riograndenser Hunsrückisch at various levels of fluency and with different levels of interest in this traditionally non-written Germanic language (it was severely repressed by the Vargas Regime during World War II, and until recently suffered strong lack of social prestige). There has been a slow revival up and coming which with the advent of modern communications is consolidating... The state of Rio Grande do Sul this year approved unanimously (51 in favor - 0 against) Law proposal # 14061 (Processo 20047.01.00/12-8) set forth by state representative João Fischer that the Riograndenser Hunsrückisch language is officially recognized as part of the "historical cultural patrimony" of the state (please see here: http://proweb.procergs.com.br/consulta_proposicao.asp?SiglaTipo=PL%20&NroProposicao=14&AnoProposicao=2012 ). The official Brazilian cultural institute Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional / IPHAN also recognizes this minority language as a national cultural good worth protection and maintenance (please see mention of Riograndenser Hunsrückisch at the IPHAN website: http://portal.iphan.gov.br/portal/montarDetalheConteudo.do?id=13808&sigla=Noticia&retorno=detalheNoticia ). It is important to note that this language has almost two hundred years of history in the New World, with most of it's speakers living in the south of South America, specifically in the Plata River Basin but mostly in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. I myself grew up with both the national language, Portuguese, and Hunsrückisch Plattdeitsch at home, and in the community at large. I am also fluent in English, having obtained my bachelor degree here in the United States. I also have very good fluency in both High German and in Spanish. Please see the Ethnologue - Languages of the World assessment of the Hunsrückisch language: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=hrx ; you can also find additional information here at my Facebook page Riograndenser Hunsrückisch: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Riograndenser-Hunsr%C3%BCckisch/366655020086673 ; and on my blog about the language: http://www.hunsriqueano.riolingo.com/blog/?author=2 . Please feel free to contact me personally for further clarification: Paul Beppler pbeppler@riolingo.com or pbeppler@gmail.com ; my home phone number in Seattle, Washington is 206-709-9881 .

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