Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Basaa

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main page Request for a new language edition: Wikipedia Basaa status page
submitted verification final decision
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).
  • Obtain an ISO 639 code
  • 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.
  • The community needs to complete required MediaWiki interface translations in that language (about localization, translatewiki, check completion).
  • The community needs to discuss and complete the settings table below:
What Value Example / Explanation
Proposal
Language code bas (SILEthnologue) A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name Basaa Language name in English
Language name ɓàsàa Language name in your language. This will appear in the language list on Special:Preferences, in the interwiki sidebar on other wikis, ...
Community
You can optionally list your user name if you're a contributor to the wiki. Add "N" next to your name if you are a native speaker of this language.
Links Links to previous requests, or references to external websites or documents.
Settings
Project name Wikìyimbɔk "Wikipedia" in your language
Project namespace Wikìyimbɔk usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace Discussion Wikìyimbɔk "Wikipedia talk" (the discussion namespace of the project namespace)
Enable uploads yes Files should be uploaded to Commons, but if you want, you can enable local file uploading.
Notes: (1) files on Commons can be used on all wikis; (2) this setting can be changed afterwards; (3) uploading fair-use images is not allowed on Commons (more info); (4) localisation to your language may be insufficient on Commons
Optional settings
Project logo File:Wikìyimbɔk svg logo-bas.svg 135x135 PNG derivative from a decent SVG image (instructions)
Default project timezone CET (UTC+1) "Continent/City", e.g. "Europe/Brussels" or "America/Mexico City" (see list of valid timezones)
Additional namespaces For example for a Wikisource which would need "Page", "Page talk", "Index", "Index talk"
Additional settings Anything else that should be set
submit bug request (includes everything automatically, except additional namespaces/settings)

Le ɓàsàa est parlé au Cameroun dans plusieurs régions par plus de 500 000 locuteurs. C'est une langue qui dispose de nombreuses publications datant de 1841.

Translation to English: Basaa is spoken in various regions of Cameroon, by more than 500,000 speakers. It is a language that has numerous publications dating from 1841.

Arguments in favour[edit]

Arguments against[edit]

  • oppose without a native speaker african language editions fail.Luciferwildcat (talk) 03:30, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
There are 4 native speakers interested in this project according to the infobox above. Saimdusan (talk) 13:25, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Other discussion[edit]