Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Antigua and Barbuda Creole English
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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. Once the criteria are met, the language committee can proceed with the approval and will verify the test project content with a reliable neutral source, such as a professor or expert. If you think the criteria are met, but the project is still waiting for approval, feel free to notify the committee and ask them to consider its approval. |
- 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 |
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| Language code | aig (SIL, Glottolog) | A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ... |
| Language name | Antiguan and Barbudan Creole | Language name in English |
| Language name | Aanteegan an' Baabyuudan | 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 | Q3244184 - item has currently the following values:
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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)? |
| Site URL | aig.wikipedia.org | langcode.wikiproject.org |
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| Project name | Wikipediya | "Wikipedia" in your language |
| Project namespace | Wikipediya | usually the same as the project name |
| Project talk namespace | Wikipediya taak | "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. |
| Optional settings | ||
| Project logo | Should be WikipediyA / De Free Ensiklapedya | This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation). |
| Default project timezone | America/Antigua | "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". | |
| Additional settings | Anything else that should be set | |
Proposal
[edit]Antiguan and Barbudan Creole is an English-based creole language that emerged from contact between speakers of the Kwa languages and speakers of Antiguan and Barbudan English in the Leeward Islands. Today, it is natively spoken in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, and some villages in Dominica. Antiguan and Barbudan Creole is the most spoken language in two independent countries, and is one of the most spoken languages in the eastern Caribbean. The language has approximately 150,000 native speakers.
We would like to develop an encyclopedia in it in order to help both preserve and develop knowledge in this language. --Jon Gua (talk) 19:59, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
Discussion
[edit]- The encyclopedia would be very helpful to the people of Antigua and Barbuda and the Leeward Islands in general– the majority of the population speaking the language natively. The encyclopedia uses the standard orthography and we have multiple editors from multiple subdialects who have joined the project. We are also working on getting our interface translation request approved. CROIX (talk) 20:07, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- We can preserve our language through Wikipedia. It is good to see it standardised as well. Hector the Writer (talk) 22:11, 31 May 2025 (UTC)
- It would be good for the language. Anzinkel97 (talk) 16:45, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
- We have five active editors and it will help many people. BlackPineappleExpert (talk) 17:48, 2 June 2025 (UTC)