Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Valencià

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Requests for new languages (Wikipedia Valencià)

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. The closing committee member provided the following comment: Valencian doesn't have an ISO 639 code. According to ISO 639 it is a variety of Catalan, which already has a Wikipedia, which accepts articles written in all varieties of this language. Amir E. Aharoni 21:00, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Proposal summary
Language details: Valencian (valencià, cat ISO 639-2) Editing community: {{{community}}} List your user name if you're interested in editing the wiki. Add "N" next to your name if you are a native speaker of this language. Relevant pages: development wiki project External links: Webpage of Valencian Government
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I wanted to create a Wikipedia in Valencian because this important language has not got a Wikipedia and people from Valencia could use a Wikipedia in their lenguage, that is very important for them.

Arguments in favour

• This lenguage is spoken by, at least, 1 million people.
• This lenguage has got lots of historical references.

Arguments against

• Many people think Valencian is a variety of Catalan, that already has a Wikipedia.