User talk:Timichal/Archives/Incubator:New language requests

About the rule - "Once 10 users have voted" - in east-slavonic cultures there is tradtion to organize flash-mobs in the voting, when people vote amass, 20-30 voters in the same time, only because their friends vote in the mob. See for example siberian or padonkian votes - in siberian case it was ukrainian flashmob followed by russian contra-flashmob. Later the voters can change their positions, see for example results of padonkian flash-mob where some people now are changing votes. So the number 10 will signify nothing in this conditions, when slavonians vote ONLY because their group invited them to do this. Maybe time of the procedure should also be codifed? --Yaroslav Zolotaryov 12:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd suggest forcing voters to have an account at Meta or here (with edits). Come and discuss on the IRC channel if you're online. Dbmag9 12:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But how can they have edits if this is new wiki? Or maybe I do not understand you well??--Yaroslav Zolotaryov 12:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think that this system of requests must be more controled. These requests are about create a new wikipedias, not a voting a common contest; much of votes in the Meta's proposals are created for sock puppets, and so IP's and phantom users that don't participate in the Wikimedia projects. Is better take a reference, that only are valid the votes of users that participate in more of 100 editions in a particular Wikimedia project. And the proposer must be native speaker or advanced speaker at least. The votations can be a duration of 2 or 3 months. If the proposal is rejected or don't have a consensus will be archivated until the next year. This is my idea. --Taichi 22:07, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with most of that, but "proposer must be native speaker or advanced speaker at least"? Some languages have very few to no native speakers. --Gray Porpoise 01:44, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand the procedure[edit source]

Point n^5 says "If more than 50% of voters are in favour, and a minimum of 10 votes is reached, developers will be notified. For a majority less than 75% the Foundation will also have to approve the project."

The kabyle wikipedia has been approved on the 19th of october, but no developper had been notified [1]

To whom should I speak?Toira 03:39, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This procedure, as it says on the top of the page, is just proposed at the moment. Currently there is no fixed procedure for approving new languages, and Incubator has no say in the matter. Dbmag9 21:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]