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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.

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A committee member provided the following comment:

Please contribute to the test project. StevenJ81 (talk) 18:17, 14 June 2019 (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 syl (SIL, Glottolog) A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name Sylheti Language name in English
Language name ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ 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 Q2044560 - item has currently the following values:
 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 syl.wikipedia.org langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
Project name ꠃꠁꠇꠤꠙꠤꠒꠤꠀ "Wikipedia" in your language
Project namespace ꠃꠁꠇꠤꠙꠤꠒꠤꠀ usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace ꠃꠁꠇꠤꠙꠤꠒꠤꠀ ꠝꠣꠔ "Wikipedia talk" (the discussion namespace of the project namespace)
Enable uploads yes 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-syl.svg This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone Asia/Dhaka "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

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We would like to see the Sylheti Nagari version of Wikipedia. Although there are about 17 million speakers of the Sylheti language only a few thousand can read and write in it. The script was withdrawn by the Bangladeshi government in 1971, and more than 40 years later it is in decline. Reviving the script will help us to preserve the Sylheti language. If you could have a Sylheti Nagari version of Wikipedia this would immensely boost our efforts to protect the Sylheti language and script. Please consider this. --Monz~metawiki (talk) 19:31, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Supportive information

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We want the Sylheti language version of Wikipedia. Sylheti language has a valid ISO 639-3 language code (syl). Sylheti script (Unicode alias: Syloti Nagri) has a valid code ISO 15924: Sylo (316). Indigenous native script matches the phonology (sound system) of spoken Sylheti perfectly, satisfies the orthographical requirements and is easy to learn (there is a proverb - "Sylheti writing can be learned in two and half days")

Sylheti language edition of Wikipedia will add value to the Wikimedia Foundation, and at the same time, it will enhance current and future projects in this language. --ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 04:33, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

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You should follow the instructions to create a test wiki on the Incubator here (specifically see this and this). Regarding the script: I think the Sylheti Wikipedia should allow writing in Bengali script, not just Sylheti Nagari. In fact, Sylheti Nagari seems to be only used in ancient times; it would be better to use a script that will be read by more people. I would recommend allowing contributions in either script and implementing a converter between the two scripts (not sure how practical it is for Nagari, but it's worth a try). PiRSquared17 (talk) 20:55, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

sylheti nagri and sylheti language is dying.its getting impure with bengali words.we're desperate for saving our language. --Tarek.ziz (talk) 17:50, 14 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I am in the process of creating a test page, and have added material there: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/syl/Main_Page --82.32.143.57 (talk) 16:53, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Project name

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How do I change the name from "Wikipedia Sylheti Nagari" to "Sylheti Wikipedia" --Osmani84 (talk) 16:00, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

like all the Sylotian n u all guys , i hope the wikimedia community will be kind enough to grant the proposal. we want to see the "Sylheti Wikipedia" as soon as possible. otherwise our syloti language will be extinct once. so we should take the necessary steps to keep our language alive from getting endangered by the local bengali language. --Abu Sayeed (talk) 12:58, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@এম আবু সাঈদ: renamed by me, is this ok? --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 21:49, 9 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Liuxinyu970226: yeah, its ok. thank you.--এম আবু সাঈদ (talk) 17:59, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support

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  1. Support --ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 13:15, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --AbuSayeed (talk) 14:50, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support --Battleofalma (talk) 13:51, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support --Abazizfahad (talk) 07:48, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  5.   Strong support -- নবাব (talk) 14:52, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Support -- Shiplu Muhammad (talk) 15:47, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support -- Movie Boss (talk) 06:19, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support -- Influential editorx (talk) 12:04, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Support -- A language with a lot of speakers. Test project have a lot of active editors. If the community is stable, they will probably get their Wikipedia. Пан Хаунд (talk) 16:04, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Support --Alim Uddin Chowdhury (talk) 07:46, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Support -- Anik Sarker (talk) 20:37, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Support -- ऐक्टिवेटेड् (talk) 19:21, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Support -- I wish you a speedy approval and creation. Shumadan62 (talk) 20:51, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Support. The users have done a great job and it deserves approval. --Danvintius Bookix (talk) 09:50, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

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  1. Oppose --197.61.106.40 20:05, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sister projects

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  1. Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Sylheti (verified as eligible)
  2. Requests for new languages/Wikinews Sylheti (verified as eligible)
  3. Requests for new languages/Wiktionary Sylheti (verified as eligible)
  4. Requests for new languages/Wikibooks Sylheti
  5. Requests for new languages/Wikiqoute Sylheti
  6. Requests for new languages/Wikivoyage Sylheti
  7. Requests for new languages/Wikisource Sylheti
  8. Requests for new languages/Wikiversity Sylheti
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