The Language Committee intends to approve Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Mooré. 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. Thank you. --MF-W 13:00, 4 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Do note that phab:T363538 is still unresolved (although it's seem some movement lately). So while langcom can complete its bookkeeping and file the creation task just fine the wiki still shouldn't be created until that happens. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 16:18, 5 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

In terms of the critical path, I think the main blocker is the creation of MOS as a namespace on enwiki (maybe other wikis as well, there's discussion on phab). Once that is done creating the new wiki shouldn't break any existing links, although links *to* the new moswiki will be awkward in various ways until some of the other tasks in T363538 are complete. Cscott (talk) 19:18, 5 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

My patch to enable the MOS namespace on the first set of 10 wikis (not yet including English Wikipedia) was deployed this morning. I've got some work to do to look through the title conflicts and notify the individual wikis where there are some titles/links that need to be cleaned up, but we're on our way. Cscott (talk) 15:04, 10 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

MOS namespace on English wikipedia was deployed this morning. Current technical blockers are listed at T363538#10141208 and (except for perhaps CirrusSearch) they all have patches in gerrit. CAnanian (WMF) (talk) 15:03, 12 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

The Language Committee intends to approve Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Komering. 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. Thank you. --MF-W 10:48, 6 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

This is an unusual notice. Langcom intends to approve incubator:wp/kri, incubator:wp/nr, incubator:wp/ann, incubator:wp/tdd and incubator:wp/rsk. The last two clearly fulfill the requirements of the Language Proposal Policy. The others are deficient in various degrees. All approvals are still conditional on verification of the content being obtained (the projects posted in this section otherwise already received it) and - certainly for the first three - the community of the test-projects agreeing. This is part of an experiment proposed by the WMF Language and Product Localization team, which you can read about here. At mw:Future of Language Incubation#Hypothesis statement, the idea behind it is summarized. User:SSethi (WMF) expressed the wish that these projects could be approved on 10 September, so if the circumstances work out, this will be a somewhat shorter notification time than the usual 7 days. --MF-W 00:29, 7 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Update: This notification period will run the usual 7 days, so till 14 September. --MF-W 20:15, 8 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

It is understandable to feel disappointed about seeing projects with ZERO active community being approved for their own Wikipedia subdomains while Sylheti Wikipedia remains in the incubator despite having an active community. This does seem unfair and might discourage future contributors who wants to invest time and effort into building content and community. It is crucial for us to voice our concerns constructively to the Language Committee and ensure that active community, its engagement, and its needs are recognized. Please ensure fair treatment for all deserving language communities. -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 17:13, 9 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

As you can see from the other proposed approvals in this section, the approval of projects does not stop just because this experiment is being conducted. -- MF-W 11:20, 12 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

The Language Committee intends to approve Requests for new languages/Wiktionary Madurese. 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. Thank you. --MF-W 20:17, 8 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

The Language Committee intends to approve Requests for new languages/Wikiquote Gorontalo. 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. --MF-W 11:53, 10 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

In 2018 a second proposal to merge Beta Wikiversity into Incubator was rejected by LangCom. The final comment referred to the then-ongoing discussion of reforming the Incubator as grounds for effectively prohibiting any further similar attempts until a definite resolution of the proposal was achieved. However the discussion seems to have pretty much ended in late 2020 with no actual changes being made. Meanwhile, wikis closed by LangCom have been moved to Incubator regardless of the reform proposal. So my question is: what exactly is LangCom's position on moving defunct wikis to Incubator, and is making attempt #3 allowed? (To prevent presumptions: I do happen to be the dumb kid who made the extremely clumsy attempt #1, but I was not involved in #2, and despite BetaWV's having since degraded even more I have no plans to launch #3. But this could possibly be interesting for someone who does.) AtUkr ^{(talk to me)} 22:07, 30 June 2024 (UTC) Reply

I tend to say, no, making attempt #3 is not allowed, unless it is the urgent wish of the BetaWV community. Of course, "Incubator reform" has still not happened, but it continues to be thought upon. --MF-W 12:31, 25 July 2024 (UTC) Reply

Given the situation at BetaWV, I'm inclined to argue there is no community... which normally would be a valid reason to close a project, yet according to you that would mean it stays. AtUkr ^{(talk to me)} 00:13, 28 July 2024 (UTC) Reply

The inactivity among most LangCom members, aside from Jon Harald Søby, Sotiale, and MF-Warburg, is concerning, especially given the growing backlog in the incubator where projects remain unresolved for years. A more active and engaged language committee is urgently needed to address this backlog and ensure timely decision-making. Forming a new, fully functional committee with members who can commit to regular participation may be necessary to keep the LangCom effective and responsive. --ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 06:01, 27 August 2024 (UTC) Reply

Wiki have many languages but it seems like they have few because African languages are nowhere to be found... I want us to talk about languages that are not added on Wiki, especially African languages (example IsiZulu & SeSotho). If other African languages are not available on Wiki. Then people who can't read or write articles in English won't be able to use or understand Wiki. Top News SA (talk) 13:30, 31 July 2024 (UTC) Reply

First, Zulu has a Wikipedia, zu:Ikhasi Elikhulu, as does Sesotho, st:Leqephe la pele. So do a lot of other African languages: Egyptian Arabic, Malagasy, Afrikaans, Swahili, Yorbua, Amharic, Northern Sotho, Hausa, etc. The unfortunate reality is that much of Africa doesn't have great internet, and those who do use it tend to speak English, French, or another major world language. Instead of complaining at us, if you want better Wikis for African languages, you need to get more speakers editing Wikis, or get better internet (and all the things that entails) to those speakers.--Prosfilaes (talk) 20:45, 31 July 2024 (UTC) Reply

@Top News SA! To clarify two points so we know how to help out: 1) When you refer to Wiki, are you referring only to Wikipedia or other Wikimedia projects like Wikidata, Wikibooks, etc.? 2) Which African languages are you referring to besides isiZulu and SeSotho? All the languages across the continent or just those in South Africa? - Yupik (talk) 16:15, 23 August 2024 (UTC) Reply

Hello Language Committee, the Iban Wikipedia project has been active for 4 months and the community would like the project to be approved. The request for the approval has been made here. If you need to find an expert on the language, we are ready to provide the contact details. Thank you.--Rombituon (talk) 15:05, 3 August 2024 (UTC) Reply

Pinging some members of LangCom @MF-Warburg @Jon Harald Søby @Sotiale @Satdeep Gill for any input on this. Thanks Ultron90 (talk) 16:27, 12 August 2024 (UTC) Reply

I think if this project continues to be active for another couple of months, I'm very confident, but I'm not sure if this is a brief burst of activity. My colleagues may disagree with me. --Sotiale (talk) 10:56, 16 August 2024 (UTC) Reply

Hello, I'm the wiki-test administrator and also one of the contributor for Iban Wikipedia project. May I get any updates regarding on the approval? I am certain that the project has met the conditions. Song GK (talk) 06:30, 12 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Lak Wikipedia 3 - 6 support, 18 oppose. Reject

Gujarati Wiktionary - Reject. Not a single support in over 8 months

Tamil Wikiquote 2 - Reject. 8 strong opposes.

Tamil Wikinews 2 - Accept (maybe soft close depending on your opinion). 1 oppose, and even then it suggests a soft close

Persian Wikinews - Accept. It's f**king blocked.

Norfolk and Pitkern Wikipedia 3 - Accept. Zero opposes

Simple English Wikipedia 4 - Needs clean-up, but Reject. (Maybe a soft close would work)

Cree Wikipedia - Move to Incubator. All opposes object because of quality, not size.

Another Wiki User the 3rd (talk) 19:26, 21 August 2024 (UTC) Reply

@Another Wiki User the 3rd FWIW, 2 Gujarati-related, 3 Tamil-related and one Simple English requests are rejected. For the first Lak one, this mailing list thread suggests an approval instead in the last year, due to same situation Nauruan Wikipedia was having (no real activity, too much of one-sencense stubs), do you have reasons that the situation is fairly changed for Lak? Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 23:03, 22 August 2024 (UTC) Reply

I think the situation probably has changed. In any case, I thank User:Another Wiki User for bringing up the backlog and will try to close also the remaining requests soon. --MF-W 12:19, 23 August 2024 (UTC) Reply

I wonder if the Naurun wp in the incubator should be nuked. Even the longer pages were created by someone who is not a (native) speaker of the language and is tied to the whole Kamassian debacle. - Yupik (talk) 16:17, 23 August 2024 (UTC) Reply

Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 02:55, 24 August 2024 (UTC) Reply

I'll note here that this is now discussed at incubator:Incubator:Requests_for_deletions#Wp/na. --MF-W 10:35, 4 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Hello Language Committee, the Madurese Wiktionary project has been active for multiple months and the community would like the project to be approved. Agus Damanik (talk) 02:52, 31 August 2024 (UTC) Reply

Hi Agus Damanik, I proposed the approval of the project in Langcom. Would it be possible for the community to complete the missing translations of the most-used interface messages? --MF-W 10:25, 4 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

sure. i will inform them Agus Damanik (talk) 12:27, 4 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Agus Damanik: thanks! See now #Madurese_Wiktionary. --MF-W 20:17, 8 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Good afternoon,

I'm a yucatec maya student, that has contact with several yucatec maya teachers and speakers, I was wondering if there's any possible way, we could assist with the addition of the yucatec maya translation for wikipedia, or which are the requirements we need. Suon288 (talk) 19:17, 3 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Hello Suon288, a project for Wikipedia in Yucatec Maya exists at incubator:Wp/yua, though it is currently inactive. You are welcome to contribute there. If you are looking to translate the interface of the software used by Wikipedia, see translatewiki:Portal:Yua for that. Let me know if you have any further questions. --MF-W 10:18, 4 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Hello Language Committee, the Bikol Sentral Wikisource project has been active for 4 months and the community would like the project to be approved. The request for the approval has been made here. Thank you. --Filipinayzd (talk) 08:11, 4 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

@MF-Warburg Filipinayzd (talk) 15:07, 6 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Please remind me on 12 September, if nobody gets to this before me. --MF-W 00:10, 7 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Hi @MF-Warburg, aside from the Bikol Wikisource, our community is also working on the following projects as part of the Wikisource Loves Manuscripts program in the Philippinesː

1. Ilokano Wikisource project which has been active for 4 months now
2. Cebuano Wikisource now on its 4th consecutive months
3. Waray Wikisource is also on its 4th consecutive months of activity

-Filipinayzd (talk) 04:24, 12 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Is there a page that informs about the Wikisource Loves Manuscripts program in the Philippines? --MF-W 11:18, 12 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Please see Bikol Wikisource Training of Trainers, Wiki Rescue and Category:Wikisource Loves Manuscripts in the Philippines. -Filipinayzd (talk) 14:36, 12 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Hello MF-W, Jon Harald Søby, Sotiale, We notice The Language Committee intends to approve some request. How about our Shan Wikinews? Is there any problems? We feel embarrassed for requesting every month. Much appreciated.Saimawnkham (talk) 04:42, 7 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

I'll get to this by 16 September. --MF-W 20:59, 8 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

We are moving forward with this request and will probably post the notification about approval soon. --MF-W 10:15, 13 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Thank you very much indeed. Saimawnkham (talk) 15:28, 14 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

I think the Bengali Wikinews met the criteria to get approval, but the project is still waiting for approval. Requesting to Lang com to give a look. –TANBIRUZZAMAN (💬) 19:27, 10 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

For the moment it looks to me that in many months there is only one active contributor. --MF-W 12:14, 12 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Yeah, the main problem is that it isn't in it's own subdomain. Few editors want to contribute in the project, but because of it's in incubator, many of them doesn't actually understand the things of incubator. In person, I talked with editors (eg, @মোহাম্মদ জনি হোসেন, etc..), they also talked with others to contribute here, many of them said they'll contribute when it'll get approved. However, I know that there’s a rules to Lang-com to approve projects, so can you please suggest me that at least how much time's (or month's) activity counts to get approval, as this isn’t clear in policy. Thanks. –TANBIRUZZAMAN (💬) 00:11, 14 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Basque Wikinews: Approve with a 12/3 vote

Lithuanian Wikinews: Approve with no opposes

Low Saxon Wikinews: Reject

Tagalog Wikinews: Approve with 3 opposes

Gilaki Wikinews: Reject with a even split

Hindi Wikinews: Approve

Javanese Wikinews: Wait for translation

(note: If any "Approve" doesn't have a translation yet, wait for it)

Another Wiki User the 3rd (talk) 18:18, 12 September 2024 (UTC) Reply 

Hello. You may have a wrong impression about what is going on at these requests. They are all already verified as eligible. These projects can be approved if they fulfill the activity criteria. --MF-W 07:05, 13 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Hi, we can see inconsistency, Wikinews Sylheti (meta request) "verified as eligible" in 2022 and later fulfill the activity. But there is not enough LangCom members to fulfill the remaining LangCom discussioins, such as discussing in the LangCom lists etc. We can see here d:Q5296, 342 Wikipedia projects but only 35 Wikinews projects. Many Wikinews subdomain pages are at (Proposals for closing projects) but many active projects are in the Incubator for ages. Among many other reasons, I believe forming diverse team of LangCom who are not only familiar to Wikipedia only but also familiar to other Wikimedia projects. -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 10:10, 13 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Wn/syl does not fulfill the activity criteria. --MF-W 10:14, 13 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

It was active from 2023-05 to 2024-05, more than a year. I hope this is enough time to start a LangCom discussion. Ignoring projects for such a long time is not nice either. -- ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 11:08, 13 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Interesting, I'm also wondering why Wp/syl isn't seleted as one candidate for the 5 experiment approval of Wikipedias above. Is there any matters stucked it from candidation? Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 02:25, 14 September 2024 (UTC) Reply

Hello Language Committee, a request page for work on Uzbek Wikisource was created on 10 March 2016. I think enough votes have been collected so far. I have also seen that 3,727 pages have been created, although Uzbek Wikisources has not started. I believe that the project should be approved so that the project can work more actively. Yours sincerely Alpasli (talk) 20:14, 13 September 2024 (UTC) Reply