Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Morse Code

submitted	verification	final decision

	This proposal has been rejected. This decision was taken by the language committee in accordance with the Language proposal policy based on the discussion on this page. A committee member provided the following comment: A writing system, not a language. --Millosh (talk) 07:30, 29 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	morse (SIL, Glottolog)	A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name	Morse Code	Language name in English
Language name	-- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. .	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	Q79897 - item has currently the following values: English label: Morse code native label (P1705): instance of (P31)/subclass of (P279): character encoding, script, constructed writing system, unicase alphabet, code / 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	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	morse.wikipedia.org	langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
Project name	.-- .. -.- .. .--. . -.. .. .-	"Wikipedia" in your language
Project namespace	Morse Code	usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace		"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:International Morse Code.svg	This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone	International	"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

This Wikipedia would be in Morse Code, so people who are learning it could come here for help.

Discussion

Arguments Against

Oppose: Morse Code isn't a language, it's a code. It can be used to write in different languages besides English and it doesn't have any qualities of a language. It's pretty much just another alphabet used for communicating in telegraphs. No need for a Wikipedia. --ScriptorHistoriae (talk) 17:31, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]