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Notifications from Langcom about proposed approvals

Notification about proposed approval of Standard Moroccan Tamazight Wiktionary

Hello all!

The language committee intends to approve the Standard Moroccan Tamazight Wiktionary, a.k.a. zghwiktionary or Wt/zgh (request). If you have any objections to that based on the language proposal policy, please tell us here on this page in the next 7 days. Meanwhile, the community is asked to check (and if necessary, complete) the wiki settings as indicated on the request page.

Thanks! Jon Harald Søby (talk) 13:10, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Discussions

Bengali Wikinews

Hello, I am an active editor of Bengali Wikinews. The Bengali Wikinews is a highly active test project, and I am requesting its approval. Mobashir - 🇧🇩 (talk) 05:43, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

Very positive, but I would like to see activity next month(April). If activity is similar to the current one next month, I would like to start a discussion for approval. --Sotiale (talk) 15:22, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

@Sotiale Can you give us any update? We are so excited! Mobashir - 🇧🇩 (talk) 05:18, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I have a problem with this that I can't reveal right now. I heard that it will be released soon. This is not your problem, so don't worry too much. --Sotiale (talk) 13:06, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi, @Sotiale, Is there anything the community or editors can do to help resolve the issues? Thanks. Asked42 (talk) 14:34, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Oh! Thanks @Asked42. I was thinking about this type of answer. Mobashir - 🇧🇩 (talk) 14:35, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

@Asked42: Unfortunately, there is nothing I am authorized to disclose at this time. I'll let you know when it's officially released. Or maybe this has already been made public, but I haven't caught on yet. I want to emphasize again that this is not your community's problem. --Sotiale (talk) 14:02, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

@Sotiale Thank you for the clarification, but we still do not fully understand the issue. Mobashir - 🇧🇩 (talk) 15:01, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

Just to prevent it from getting archived. BTW, is there any update or Has the creation of new wikis resumed? @Sotiale:. -- Asked42 (talk) 16:03, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

I also don't think I've heard anything further, I'll find out and get back to you. --Sotiale (talk) 09:09, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

You may find some related information at this link: Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee/Sister Projects Task Force. It would be best to contact them for more details. --Sotiale (talk) 09:46, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

I'll reach out to the task force members. I hadn't realized the situation with the project might be this serious. Thank you for your help. Asked42 (talk) 11:12, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Approval request for Betawi Wiktionary

Hello Language Committee, The Betawi Wiktionary project has been active for 5 months. We kindly request your review of this project and hope that the committee can approve it soon. Thank you. - Pitchrigi (talk) 14:33, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi Language Committee, is there any issue that we need to resolve before the approval for this site? It is because the previous request was archived before any update. Thank you in advance. NikolasKHF (talk) 08:00, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

All you have to do is make the ' Most important messages' part of this link 100%. I will start discussing it for approval soon. --Sotiale (talk) 09:53, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

The discussion has just begun. --Sotiale (talk) 10:00, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi, thank you very much for the update! NikolasKHF (talk) 11:18, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Thank you in advance for great information. We hope that Betawi Wiktionary can be released as soon as possible. Pitchrigi (talk) 06:26, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello Language Committee, what do we have for approval Betawi Wiktionary next or is there any information for approval Betawi Wiktionary? Because our project has been active for 6 months, Thank you Pitchrigi (talk) 13:12, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

After the discussion has already started, the process is carried out within langcom, and the approval is decided after all the verification procedures are completed. After that, the request is registered in phabricator and the work is passed on to the developers. After approval, the production will generally proceed within 2 weeks. --Sotiale (talk) 13:21, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

This process is still ongoing and you will be contacted separately before it is handed over to the developers. Please wait a moment as it is being processed now, thank you! --Sotiale (talk) 13:22, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the update! We are so exciting regarding the news! NikolasKHF (talk) 14:01, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the great news Liem Koo Ga (talk) 09:09, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Proposal to become a member

Imaynallan, Hello to everyone,

I would like to express my interest in becoming a member of the Language Committee. I am a native speaker of the Puno Quechua language, and a near native speaker of various Quechua languages. Additionally, I speak Spanish, Italian, and basic German. Since years, I have been supporting the inclusion of the Quechua language (qu) on various Wikimedia projects, and I have a deep interest on supporting Under-Resourced Languages. Last but not least, I have noticed that the South American region may need some representation in the language committee, and I would like to support this region and these topics.

It would be an honour if I can support more language communities to be part of the Wikimedia ecosystem.

Elwinlhq (talk) 08:52, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Please email me a statement attesting to your community activities and linguistic expertise. I will forward it to the langcom internal mailing list. --Sotiale (talk) 09:57, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Final Approval Request for Hausa Wikiquote

Hello,

The Hausa Wikiquote has being active for up to 3years now (since JUly 2022), with more than 2000 articles. We request for the final approval of the Project. https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wq/ha/Babban_shafi Uncle Bash007 (talk) 13:12, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

February and May are a bit discontinuous in terms of activity, as you are the only valid contributor. I think it could be approved if you could make contributors a bit more consistent. Thank you for your efforts! --Sotiale (talk) 10:03, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

@Sotiale, I think the reason for the small discontinuity is because we use to get highest number of contributions during a campaign (SheSaid), and after the campaign it stops. We are about to start another campaign in September. Another reason is I think, people prefer editing from a main Project, not Incubator. We will continue encouraging people to contribute though. I will get back to you when the contributors increase. Uncle Bash007 (talk) 09:24, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

@Sotiale, there has being improvement in the number of edits on Hausa Wikiquote, kindly review and approve it.Uncle Bash007 (talk) 11:25, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Proposal to Verify Bengali Wikiversity

Hello Language Committee,
We are an active group working on Bengali Wikiversity. Beta Wikiversity now has regular/primary content with 3+ active editors and a Telegram group coordinating the work. The interface is 98% translated. Please reconsider and verify the project. Thank you for understand. ~ KHATTAB (DM) 17:58, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

I'm wondering if it requires approval or eligible marking. For approval, I probably need to mention some issues that need to be addressed, probably due to differences between betawikiversity and incubatorwiki. --Sotiale (talk) 09:49, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

@Sotiale That's the case then. It is very difficult even contributing there. Many time I see templates already created with the latin letters but contents with non-latin characters, that I don't understand. And my contributes not count until I don't add a category. ~ KHATTAB (DM) 11:26, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

I don't think activity should be measured solely by Catanalysis in the same way as it's done for the Incubator. For example, if we make edits outside the 'BN' category but specifically for Bengali Wikiversity, those edits may not be counted. As @খাত্তাব হাসান mentioned, creating templates and modules is particularly challenging on Beta. There should ideally be a better solution, but for now, I suggest maintaining a manual list of active editors, which can be verified if needed. Also, using the Wv/bn/ prefix can help distinguish our templates and modules from those of other language versions. @Sotiale. -- Asked42 (talk) 15:55, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

I never mentioned that there was a problem with the activity. betawikiversity and incubatorwiki clearly have different characteristics, and are currently very vague, but when the project first started, it did not have the same system as incubatorwiki for various reasons. This means that it cannot enjoy the convenience of incubatorwiki. There are several reasons, but in conclusion, you need to add bn category to all bn pages so that importing is not missed, or you need to create a separate page for importing, so adding bn category method is the most appropriate way. --Sotiale (talk) 02:37, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

Proposal to Verify Hiligaynon Wikisource

Dear Language Committee,

The Hiligaynon Wikisource project has been active for 11 months. We would like to request to review the project for its approval. The activity started in July 2024 and if approved, this would be the first Wikimedia project in Hiligaynon language, the 4th most spoken native language in the Philippines. Thanks. --Filipinayzd (talk) 12:06, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Dear Language Committe,

I've been actively proofreading and editing Hiligaynon Wikisource for 7 out of the 11 months it has been active. As a native of Bicol, I first focused on proofreading and editing Bicol/Bikol, then moved on to Tagalog. Later, I started exploring other languages like Hiligaynon and Cebuano. I noticed some similarities, some words sound similar and have related meanings, making it easier for me. —ShmilyDigital (talk) 06:14, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

I haven't looked into other reviews on this, but the sustainability of the community itself is positive enough. However, since there are still 15 days left in this month, I would like to ask you to continue contributing so that it doesn't look like a sudden hiatus. I think this is the first Wikimedia project related to this language, correct? --Sotiale (talk) 13:16, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

That is correct, this is a new language to have its own Wikimedia project. --Filipinayzd (talk) 13:52, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikivoyage Tamil

I would want to close this request since it has been nearly stale for almost 4 years now. If further discussion should happen, it shall happen in a new discussion. Faster than Thunder (talk) 02:35, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

There is no need to close it. It is verified as eligible. --MF-W 11:30, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Do we need to do anything about the discussion being stale for almost 4 years individually? Faster than Thunder (talk) 16:32, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

No. There's little need for discussion on such a request. Tamil is one of top 25 most spoken languages in world, no matter how you cut it, and there's none of the issues that cloud Arabic languages. If there's enough editors and editing, the WMF will create the project.--Prosfilaes (talk) 22:35, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Apparently, the wiki is almost ready:

• 2/3 stable recent contributors:
  • Faster than Thunder (Unprivileged)
  • Arularasan. G (Administrator on Tamil Wikipedia)
  • Only unstable contributors other than these two. P.S. me and Arularasan G are very likely to end up as administrators on Tamil Wikivoyage once it does actually get created.
• 341 pages
• 1.3k edits

To sum it all, we only need a third contributor to the wiki before it actually leaves the incubator. Faster than Thunder (talk) 22:38, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Approval request for Malay Wikiquote

Hi Language Committee, is there any issue that we need to resolve before the approval for this site? It is because the previous request was archived before any update. Thank you in advance. - Rulwarih (talk) 12:06, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi. For some reason I remember reserving judgment on this. I think this will be resolved next month, so I would like to ask you to continue contributing more intensively than before during the remaining month of June. Thank you! If I don't start a discussion for approval before July 15, please ping me so I can do it. --Sotiale (talk) 13:12, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. Rulwarih (talk) 07:04, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Request for rejection: Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Jewish Babylonian Aramaic 2

Following its relative discussions, it currently has consensus that the proposer Eliahu21 can't really understand the language they proposed, and only provide their own propagandas, and as an extinct language, where several proposals to change policy in order to re-allow such languages are either invalid or rejected elsewhere, I don't see any sunshines that this RFL can however be eligible. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 02:18, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Follow-up on Toki Pona Wikipedia

dear, Language Commmittee. I'm a contributor and translator for toki pona in Wikimedia projects. has the Committee followed up on the discussions for toki pona Wikipedia? the project was marked as eligible over 7 months ago, and our community hasn't received any further feedback. in a private channel, I have asked Amire80 (who marked the project has eligible) about this, and he requested for me to be bold and create a topic here. I hope to soon hear from the Committee. JnpoJuwan (talk) 22:55, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

pinging @Tamzin and @Tbodt as they may also be interested. JnpoJuwan (talk) 22:56, 18 June 2025 (UTC)