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The Kupang Malay language is the language of the Timor Island, Flores Island, Sumba Island, Alor Island, Sabu Island, Rote Island and in the Central of Maluku. Now the language is 500,000 spokers around the West Timor, Flores Island, Sumba Island, Alor Island, Sabu Island, Rote Island and in the Central of Maluku and in the East Timor country. This language is used when Written a SMS in Social Media, public information, in school, work and many of them. Its making the Wikinews language of this language is the good idea. Because in the South of East Nusa Tenggara is the Australia and in East of East Nusa Tenggara is the East Timor. And their education program quality is so low, because the language its so different with Malay. And East Nusa Tenggara is the place of Komodo Island. And its will be a news to translate into the Kupang Malay language.
Comment. Given that the Wikipedia for this language is nowhere close to being approved (the test wiki only having 6 pages, with Semuel Tahun being the only editor making non-trivial contributions), I don't see this Wikinews request going anywhere any time soon. - dcljr (talk) 00:09, 23 August 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I still think a project can't be maintained just by one man, the requestor should indeed invite users live in Kupang to contribute, even they can only contribute one or two pages. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 22:27, 28 August 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Oppose given the way how Wikinews works, it can't be maintained by just one person. SHB2000 (talk | contibs) 14:13, 8 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Strong support If Kupang Malay language have 500,000 speakera, there should be a Wikinews Kupang Malay project.Пан Хаунд (talk) 17:32, 18 February 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Oppose Wikinews is one of the least successful wikiprojects, both in not getting critical mass and in that the needed critical mass is so much higher than for other projects. There's no way that a language community that's still working on the critical mass for a Wikipedia can or should start a Wikinews.--Prosfilaes (talk) 21:16, 6 March 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Strong support If Kupang Malay language have 500,000 speakera, there should be a Wikinews Kupang Malay project.Пан Хаунд (talk) 17:32, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
