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).
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.
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.
"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.
"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.
I'd really like to make an Akkadian Wikipedia since I love ancient history and, although it is extinct, I want to study Akkadian. It might be a great choice for Wikipedians who like history and ancient languages and I honestly think it is a great idea.
--PretzelBubbleTea (talk) 13:53, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose As per the Language proposal policy "Only Wikisource wikis in ancient or historical languages are accepted"; that is, Wikipedias in ancient languages are no longer being opened. It fails "The language of the proposal has a sufficient number of fluent users to form a viable contributor community and an audience for the content." Even among the ancient languages, languages like Ancient Greek, which has been repeatedly turned down, are far more likely to eventually get a Wikipedia than Akkadian, given that there's far more students studying Ancient Greek than Akkadian, and the vaguest possibility that some of them might use Ancient Greek to communicate, which Akkadian doesn't have.--Prosfilaes (talk) 16:53, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]