Hi Nador, Thank you for your detailed and well thought out email. In order to create any new project or language we propose them on "Meta Wiki" ( Meta.wikimedia.org), a project that is used for coordination between all of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) wikis. We have instructions on how to do this at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)#Making_a_new_request<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee/Handbook_%28requesters%29#Making_a_new_request> Given the thought that you have already put into this proposal here and the enthusiasm you obviously have for the project I don't think creating the proposal will take that long. When a wiki is proposed (on Meta) it allows everyone to discuss the pros and cons of the proposal and then the Language Committee (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee) makes a final decision and helps to create the new project.
Let me know if you need anyhelp doing so either via email or on my talk page on meta at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User talk:Jamesofur James Alexander [email protected] User:Jamesofur 100 gmail invites and no one to give them to :( let me know if you want one :) On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Nador Tussna <[email protected]> wrote: > *Dear ladies and gentlemen, > > Hereby I am requesting the creation of a new Wikipedia in Tamazight > (Berber) > . > > The language code should be: tam > > The corresponding homepage url should be: http://tam.wikipedia.org > > The Berber language (native name: Tamazight) is spoken throughout North > Africa, but mainly in Morocco and Algeria. In its core, it is one single > language (with regional accents and varieties, comparable with Arabic, > Dutch, and Norwegian varieties). > > This requested new Wikipedia language will be written in Latin script > (simplified Berber-Latin script). > > I request to put this new request on the move immediately and to inform me > about any decisions or advice. > > I am a native speaker of Berber, a langauge enthusiast, a self-educated > Berber researcher, and I am highly motivated to develop a new thriving > Wikpedia experience in my mother tongue, by opening this opportunity for > thousands of my compatriots who are very enthusiastic about their mother > tongue as well. > > Some might argue that there is already a regional-Berber Wikipedia active > (which is the Kabyle Wikipedia - http://kab.wikipedia.org). This is a > regional variety of the Berber language (spoken in north eastern Algeria), > and it is comparable with Alemannisch and German, or with West-Vlams and > Dutch. > > I want to make the year 2010 the year for the Tamazight language, would you > care to help me and thousands of Berbers do that? > > I am awaiting your comments and thoughts, > > Best regards and happy holidays, > > Moubarik Belkasim* > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
