Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Obolo

submitted	verification	final decision

	This proposal has been approved. The Board of Trustees and language committee have deemed that there is sufficient grounds and community to create the new language project. A committee member provided the following comment: Test is eligible. But please understand that you need a whole community of contributors in order to get this approved as a stand-alone Wikipedia. For LangCom: StevenJ81 (talk) 15:51, 11 September 2019 (UTC) - Approved on 2024-10-02, phabricator:T376332. --MF-W 19:21, 2 October 2024 (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	ann (SIL, Glottolog)	A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name	Obolo	Language name in English
Language name	Obolo	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	Q36614 - item has currently the following values: English label: Obolo native label (P1705): instance of (P31)/subclass of (P279): natural language, modern language / Lower Cross River Wikimedia language code (P424): writing system (P282): 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	LTR	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	ann.wikipedia.org	langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
Project name	Wìkìpedia	"Wikipedia" in your language
Project namespace	Wìkìpedia	usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace	Ukpatu Wìkìpedia	"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-logo-v2-ann.svg	This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone	Africa/Lagos	"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

Hi, I am requesting for Wikipedia in Obolo language (ISO 639-3 code: ann). I wish to bring Wikipedia (and some of its popular articles) near to the speakers of that language, and to also contribute contribute articles from that language. Would you please grant the request soonest. -- Rogeeeee (talk) 01:47, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Hello @Rogeeeee: I think you should create test project first, without that test project, you won't see an official ann.wikipedia in the near future. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 22:10, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks@Liuxinyu970226: I have done it. And written articles. Please check it. Any other suggestions? -- Rogeeeee (talk) 18:17, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Why not? It's not a dialect and has a valid ISO code. Random Wikimedian (talk) 12:46, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Project no showing on list

Thanks everyone for your support. I noticed that this project is not showing up on the "Full list of incubating wikis." The projects that should showed up on this list are supposed to meet these criteria:

"They are substantial (having at least 25 mainspace pages), and/or They are active (having some active content creation since the beginning of 2019)."

@Liuxinyu970226: This project has over 70 pages now. What could have happened? Can someone please help resolve this issue? Thanks. Katelem (talk) 20:45, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's already added to incubator:Template:Tests/wp, isn't that? Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 03:43, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's been added. Thanks. Katelem (talk) 18:43, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Approval

Can this project now be considered for approval? It is listed as "active", with over 200 pages. Katelem (talk) 18:52, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Katelem Yes, it's ready for approval, see Talk:Language committee#Five Wikipedias. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 08:40, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks. Katelem (talk) 00:36, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Katelem: are the settings in the table above correct already? If possible, please also add the translations for the other namespaces here:

	NS_MEDIA            => 'Media',
	NS_SPECIAL          => 'Special',
	NS_TALK             => 'Talk',
	NS_USER             => 'User',
	NS_USER_TALK        => 'User_talk',
	NS_PROJECT_TALK     => '$1_talk',
	NS_FILE             => 'File',
	NS_FILE_TALK        => 'File_talk',
	NS_MEDIAWIKI        => 'MediaWiki',
	NS_MEDIAWIKI_TALK   => 'MediaWiki_talk',
	NS_TEMPLATE         => 'Template',
	NS_TEMPLATE_TALK    => 'Template_talk',
	NS_HELP             => 'Help',
	NS_HELP_TALK        => 'Help_talk',
	NS_CATEGORY         => 'Category',
	NS_CATEGORY_TALK    => 'Category_talk',

--MF-W 19:49, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NS_MEDIA => 'Media', => Midia

NS_SPECIAL => 'Special', => Esese

NS_TALK => 'Talk', => Ukpatu

NS_USER => 'User', => Òsikwaan̄

NS_USER_TALK => 'User_talk', => Ukpatu Òsikwaan̄

NS_PROJECT_TALK => '$1_talk', => Ukpatu_$1

NS_FILE => 'File', => Failu

NS_FILE_TALK => 'File_talk', => Ukpatu_failu

NS_MEDIAWIKI => 'MediaWiki', => MediaWiki

NS_MEDIAWIKI_TALK => 'MediaWiki_talk', => Ukpatu_MediaWiki

NS_TEMPLATE => 'Template', => Tempulet

NS_TEMPLATE_TALK => 'Template_talk', => Ukpatu_tempulet

NS_HELP => 'Help', => Ntap-ubọk

NS_HELP_TALK => 'Help_talk', => Ukpatu_ntap-ubọk

NS_CATEGORY => 'Category', => Ọgbọn̄

NS_CATEGORY_TALK => 'Category_talk', => Ukpatu_ọgbọn̄ Katelem (talk) 20:18, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MF-W Done. The other settings are correct.

ann.wikipedia.org has been created in DNS today and now redirects to the incubator. Mutante (talk) 19:34, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]