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This is an archived version of this page, as edited by Eloquence (talk | contribs) at 00:14, 27 April 2005 (→Serbian (Српски / Srpski)). It may differ significantly from the current version.

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When a developer decides to implement a Wikinews edition, all signing users with valid user pages will be notified. Additionally, a message will be sent to the mailing lists foundation-l and wikinews-l, as well as to the Wikipedia Village Pump in that language.

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Edit this page to suggest new Wikinews languages and sign with your name below the languages where you would like to participate.

  • /Archive of old signatures for created languages

Afrikaans

  1. MichelleG 12:23, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)

Arabic (العربية)

  1. ّّّ152.14.20.94 20:38, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Belarusian

  1. Czalex 07:57, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  2. Rydel 13:47, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC) (600+ edits on be.wikipedia.org)

Catalan

  1. Monti 10:00, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)
  2. Ferran 10:40, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)
  3. Bea 10:43, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)
  4. Paco 10:52, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) - (Contributions: 500+)
  5. Rafael 17:55, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) - (Contributions: 4)
  6. Pele 18:18, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)
  7. alfonsnavarret 16:18, 6 Gen 2005 (UTC) - (Contributions: 0)
  8. Joanot 19:03, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC) - (Contributions: 500+)
  9. Dakaisar 03:17, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)
  10. Dabaul 16:15, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)
  11. Gmaymo 18:16, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)
  12. EliziR 19:11, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)
  13. SuRGeN 19:11, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)

Most of these people don't seem to be active on ca.wikipedia - where are they from?--Eloquence 09:10, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I've left a message on everyones user talk page, but I'll say it again here: Please, post a link to the current Wikimedia project you're participating in on your user page on Meta. Datrio 22:49, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

If there is really an interested group of Catalan speakers, please start by translating some key documents. See New language pre-launch for instructions.--Eloquence 02:10, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Czech

  1. Radouch 15:20, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC) - (Contributions: 1000+)
  2. Jan Jelinek 20:48, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)

Esperanto

  1. Leono 12:07, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)
  2. Huhsunqu 22:36, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC) - (Contributions: 500+)
  3. The_IBITH
  4. Chipuni 06:10, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC) - (Contributions: ?)
  5. Slavik IVANOV 11:13, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  6. Trio 21:49, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
This has a significant number of votes - if there's real interest, please start working on the new language pre-launch preparations.--Eloquence 23:41, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Greek

  1. Leonariso 19:47, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC) - (Contributions: 500+)
  2. Constantinos.antzakas 11:03, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Galego

  1. pablofc4 15:10, 23 Abr 2005 (UTC)

Hebrew

  1. Mor levin 08:56, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. en:User:Haham hanuka

Hungarian (Magyar)

  1. Danuvius 20:16, 5 Dec 2004 (EST) - (Contributions: ?)

Norwegian

  1. ramvi 05:21, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. --Kurtber 17:48, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Persian

  1. Babak Amiri
  2. Sajad 07:10, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  3. Mani1 08:53, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Quechuan

  1. Huhsunqu 22:23, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)


Russian

  1. DIG 05:28, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC) (1616 edits on ru.wikipedia)
  2. Igorivanov 12:37, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC) (900 edits on ru.wikipedia)
  3. HedgeHog 14:51, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC) (5339 edits on ru.wikipedia)
  4. Dionys 06:29, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC) (1355 edits on ru.wikipedia)
  5. Sorib 14:00 20 April 2005 (UTC) (about 70 edits on ru.wikipedia)

Chinese(zh)

See Wikinews/China for a current vote on whether the launch of the Chinese Wikinews should be affected by a possibly incerased risk of censorship for the Chinese Wikipedia.

  1. Shizhao 03:52, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. Vipuser 04:09, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  3. Abab99 21:09, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  4. 220.201.18.4 21:08, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  5. Martinoei 03:35, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  6. bigbigant 04:52, 9 Dec 2004 (Beijing Time)
  7. Mosesofmason 07:58, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  8. MA 02:24, 29 Dec 2004
  9. Alpha1 08:24, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  10. orca 21:45, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  11. 220.201.18.12 15:06, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  12. Ce garcon 03:53, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  13. Mrxstc 11:43, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  14. Simon Shek 10:10, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Turkish

  1. Kharoon talk 03:14, 27 Dec 2004 (Contributions: 662)
  2. Murat Demirten 10:01, 27 Dec 2004 (Contributions: ?)
  3. Çetin Amato 08:14, 28 Dec 2004 (Contributions: ?)
  4. Arzu Acar 09:54, 28 Dec 2004 (Contributions: ?)
  5. Barış Evrim Demiröz 11:14, 28 Dec 2004 (Contributions: ?)
  6. EnginGunduz 10:19, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) (Contributions: 1553)
  7. Özkan Mut 23:54, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC) (Contributions: ?)
  8. DBL2010talk 04:55, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC) (Contributions: 299)

If there is really an active group of Turkish users interested in Wikinews, please start by translating some key documents. See New language pre-launch for instructions.--Eloquence 02:10, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Scandinavian (sv, da and no, incl. nb and nn)

  1. I support the viewpoint presented by Wolfram (regarding the Swedish wikinews) and propose a joint Scandinavian effort.
    ArneEide 13:38, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  2. 辻斬り? 17:06, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  3. I also propose a joint Scnadinavian effort. -- /Wegge 21:04, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)
  4. Wolfram 21:28, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  5. ✏ Sverdrup 20:03, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  6. Vikingstad 16:57, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  7. Kurtber 20:41, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC) Building a portal for all Scandinavian languages can lead to the creation of one wikinews for each language later. Additionally a Scandinavian Wikinews will be an interesting cooperation project after every language has got their own portal.
  8. See also Skanwiki. BjarteSorensen 11:20, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  9. --Gunnernett 00:34, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  10. KRISTAGAα-ω 01:20, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  11. Olve 01:22, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Aren't there enough contributors in this list? Kurtber 23:50, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

Oppose

  1. Väsk 21:43, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC) No, I think it's better having three different wikis, but with very much cooperation (e.g. the Swedish page for Köpenhamn could be redirected to the Danish København). See archive and discussion page.
    1. Do you mean four wikis, not three? :) nn, no, da and sv. BjarteSorensen 11:21, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    2. Yes, why three? -- Olve 01:24, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    3. As there aren't enough contributors to create one wikinews in each language at this point, a scandinavian Wikinews would be a good project to recrute participants. Hopefully we can create one wikinews in each language in the future too, but that does not make the scandinavian wikinews less interesting. The existance of a swedish wikinews is great, and I hope the scandinavian and swedish wikinews can cooperate closely (As I hope the scandinavian can cooperate closely with upcoming danish or norwegian (nynorsk/bokmål) wikinews-editions in the future). Kurtber 17:04, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

Klingon (Not Yet Listed -- See kli.org)

  1. Bo Register--146.145.195.74 18:04, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    Oppose. This shouldn't be a Wikimedia language at all, and I see no reason to start new projects in it. Angela 01:08, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    I thought non speakers were not meant to vote? If others are voting, I will be voting. My vote is pro, support. There is no reason why this shouldn't be a Wikimedia language - there is currently no pan-Wikimedia banning of this language. --Oldak Quill 19:47, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  2. Oppose' Get It 00:28, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hindi

  1. Vikas Chowdhry

Vietnamese

  1. Nadu 09:06, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Telugu

  1. Kiran Vaka 17:55, 10 Feb 2005 (EST)
  2. Suresh Kolichala 18:14, 19 Mar 2005 (EST)

Gaelic

  1. Ce garcon 09:45, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Korean

  1. Ce garcon 08:42, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Serbian (Српски / Srpski)

  1. Dcabrilo 04:14, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC) (Contribution: ?)
  2. Kumdjole 04:18, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC) (Contribution: ?)
  3. Bonzo 20:08, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC) (Contribution: 3000+ on sr:)
  4. Vandal B 08:50, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC) (Contribution: 500+ on sr:)
  5. Pokrajac 23:23, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC) (Contribution: 3000+ on sr:)
  6. Sasa Stefanovic 17:37, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC) (Contribution: 800+ on sr:)
  7. Gorann Andjelkovic 17:38, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC) (Contribution: 1000+ on sr:)
  8. Millosh 18:00, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC) (Contribution: 7000+ on sr:)
Very well - this edition appears to meet the minimum requirements. I invite all interested parties to begin preparing the necessary pages following the instructions on New language pre-launch.--Eloquence 00:14, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Spanish (Chile)

  1. --DJFunkinmixer 19:42, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Japanese（日本語）

  1. Peka 06:59, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  2. Julianortega 22:00, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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