Requests for new languages/Wikisource Central Bikol

submitted	verification	final decision

	This proposal has been approved. The Board of Trustees and language committee have deemed that there is sufficient grounds and community to create the new language project. A committee member provided the following comment: Approved on 2024-10-04. --MF-W 08:23, 4 October 2024 (UTC) phabricator:T377084[reply]

The community needs to develop an active test project; it must remain active until approval (automated statistics). 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	bcl (SIL, Glottolog)	A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name	Central Bikol	Language name in English
Language name	Bikol Sentral	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	Q33284 - item has currently the following values: English label: Central Bikol native label (P1705): Bikol Sentral, Bikol instance of (P31)/subclass of (P279): language / Bikol Wikimedia language code (P424): bcl writing system (P282): number of speakers, writers, or signers (P1098): 2,500,000	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	bcl.wikisource.org	langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
Project name	Wikisource	"Wikisource" in your language
Project namespace	Wikisource	usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace	Olay sa Wikisource	"Wikisource 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:Wikisource bcl-logo.svg	This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone	Asia/Manila	"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

Central Bikol is one of the most spoken among indigenous languages in the Philippines and is a major language which is used in the Mother Tongue- Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) of Department of Education in the Philippines along with Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Waray, Kapampangan, Pangasinense among others. Publication in the local language began in the 1890s with the establishment of local printing presses in the region. It was the beginning of the first golden age of Bikol literature. Currently, there are remnants and rare copies of old publications which are valuable sources of information that can be found in libraries and private collections such as local newspapers, magazines, almanacs, and other publications. An open-source like Wikisource in the local language can serve as a repository of these materials.

Discussion

Project Discussion

There are libraries that have a collection of old local newspapers and magazines waiting to be digitized and transcribed for the use of the public and future generations. Personally, I have a collection of old souvenir programs now in the public domain and other publication which copyright has expired. --Filipinayzd (talk) 01:26, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Filipinayzd: Have you ever been started the test project? as of now the main page even doesn't exist. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 03:33, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Liuxinyu970226. Please check the test project. --Filipinayzd (talk) 07:30, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Arguments in favor

Support, the community is engaged and active to make this a reality. There are now wider access to digitized, public domain material, that has its copyright expired which we can incorporate in the Wikisource for this language. Jp2593 (talk) 07:44, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, given there is sufficient material in the language with expired copyright in the public domain --Harvzs (talk) 00:00, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support This project will be an additional reference for Bikol Wikipedia thus making it more reliable. Filipinayzd (talk) 07:15, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support I can dedicate my free time in proofreading the pages and in helping the community grow through organizing tutorials, advocacy activities and proofreadathons! -Maffeth.opiana (talk) 13:03, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- ShiminUfesoj 🌏 (🦜) 14:02, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Settings

@Filipinayzd: Please check if the setting in the table abovea are all correct. The logo file does not exist. --MF-W 08:25, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done -Filipinayzd (talk) 02:48, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Filipinayzd: sorry, I forgot we also need the translations for the Wikisource-specific namespaces "Page", "Page talk", "Index", "Index talk", "Author", "Author talk". --MF-W 08:03, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Page" = Pahina, "Page talk" = Olay sa pahina, "Index" = Indeks, "Index talk" = Olay sa indeks, "Author" = Kagsurat, "Author talk" = Olay sa kagsurat. -Filipinayzd (talk) 13:12, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, phabricator:T377084 has been created. --MF-W 18:14, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Filipinayzd: I imported all pages to the new wiki at s:bcl: as well as some templates which they are using. Let me know if anything is missing or you need any further help. Otherwise, best of luck with this new wiki! --MF-W 16:11, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]