Requests for new languages/Wikiquote Interlingue

submitted	verification	final decision

	Discuss the creation of this language project on this page. *Votes will be ignored* when judging the proposal. Please provide arguments or reasons and be prepared to defend them** (see the Language proposal policy). The language committee needs to verify the language is eligible to be approved. Check that the project does not already exist (see list). Obtain an ISO 639 code Ensure the requested language is sufficiently unique that it could not exist on a more general wiki. Ensure that there are a sufficient number of native editors of that language to merit an edition in that language.

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	ie (SIL, Glottolog)	A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name	Interlingue	Language name in English
Language name	Interlingue	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	Q35850 - item has currently the following values: English label: Interlingue native label (P1705): Interlingue instance of (P31)/subclass of (P279): constructed language, euroclone, international auxiliary language / Wikimedia language code (P424): ie writing system (P282): Latin script number of speakers, writers, or signers (P1098): 50±50	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	ie.wikiquote.org	langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
Project name	Wikicitates	"Wikiquote" in your language
Project namespace	Wikicitates	usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace	Discussiones del Wikicitates	"Wikiquote 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	File:Wikiquote-logo-ie.png	This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone	Europe:London	"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
Once settings are finalized, a committee member will submit a Phabricator task requesting creation of the wiki. (This will include everything automatically, except the additional namespaces/settings.) After the task is created, it should be linked to in a comment under "final decision" above.

Proposal

I propose the creation of a Wikiquote project in the Interlingue language.

The language has a major history, many texts (primarily Cosmoglotta, and the notable 'Salute, Johnathon!'), and a Wikipedia consisting of over 13,000 articles. In addition to this, it has a Reddit community, and deserves a Wikiquote project, due to these communities. Along with these, Interlingue has many websites, such as an online dictionary under the name of OcciDict.

Despite its common label of a 'dead conlang', it has many people who speak and contribute to the language, and the influx of resources on the internet is only bringing in more people. I believe that the creation of an Interlingue Wikiquote will preserve and spread the language, and be a great addition to the Wikimedia projects. 13244Pagines (talk)

Discussion

Support. But first it would be worth creating a test project in the Incubator. --Danvintius Bookix (talk) 15:47, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- I have started the test project. I know this language a little. --Flamme-Bleue (talk) 17:30, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose it’s hard enough keeping English Wikiquote alive. An obscure conlang has no chance. --Dronebogus (talk) 11:07, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Word for word what User:Dronebogus has already stated. Plus, the intent doesn't seem to be bettering Wikiquote, but to promote the spread of Interlingue (which I notice is a problem with a LOT of the proposals I see for other language editions of Wikimedia properties). EnvironmentalDoor (talk) 01:38, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. There must be an active Incubator first. It's literally requirement number one in the Language proposal policy for a final approval. Leaf plate (talk) 10:18, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]