Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Aklanon

submitted	verification	final decision

	This language has been verified as eligible. The language is eligible for a project, which means that the subdomain can be created once there is an active community and a localized interface, as described in the language proposal policy. You can discuss the creation of this language project on this page. Once the criteria are met, the language committee can proceed with the approval and will verify the test project content with a reliable neutral source, such as a professor or expert. If you think the criteria are met, but the project is still waiting for approval, feel free to notify the committee and ask them to consider its approval. A committee member provided the following comment: Eligible language. You are encouraged to contribute on incubator:Wp/akl. --Millosh (talk) 14:12, 21 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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	akl (SIL, Glottolog)	A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name	Aklanon	Language name in English
Language name	Akeanon	Language name in your language. This will appear in the language list on Special:Preferences, in the interwiki sidebar on other wikis, ...
Language Wikidata item	Q8773 - item has currently the following values: English label: Aklanon native label (P1705): instance of (P31)/subclass of (P279): natural language, modern language / Aklanon Wikimedia language code (P424): akl writing system (P282): Latin script number of speakers, writers, or signers (P1098):	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.
Directionality	no indication	Is the language written from left to right (LTR) or from right to left (RTL)?
Links		Links to previous requests, or references to external websites or documents.
Site URL	akl.wikipedia.org	langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
Project name	Wikipidea	"Wikipedia" in your language
Project namespace	Wikipidea	usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace	Hambalan it Wikipidea	"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.
Optional settings
Project logo	File:Wikipedia svg logo-akl.png	This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone	PHT (UTC+8)	"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.

Proposal

Aklanon is a language of the Philippines spoken by around 500,000 speakers worldwide. It is the primary language of the province of Aklan on the island of Panay in the Western Visayas--23prootie 10:09, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Arguments in favour

Support - Aklanon is distinct from the other languages of Western Visayas (e.g., Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a) and deserves a Wikipedia of its own. I would however suggest that native speakers be recruited for this project so as to avoid the fate that happened to the proposals for the other languages of Western Visayas namely Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a and Capiznon. Wikipedias for these three languages have been proposed but they have not been created because either the interface has not been completely translated or the initial contributors became inactive. --Harvzsf (talk) 05:59, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Arguments against

Other discussion

Are there any native speakers involved her? 23prootie, you say here you're an Aklanon native speaker, but on your profile it says your native languages are Tagalog and English. Saimdusan (talk) 13:15, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]