Wikipedia:WikiProject Constructed languages

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WikiProject Constructed Languages
DYK   Did you know?

...that the auxiliary languages Ido and Esperanto both have their own versions of Wikipedia?
...that Newspeak, used by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, is interpreted as a hidden critique against universal languages by some?
...that Sequoya, a Cherokee silversmith, created the Cherokee syllabary, despite being illiterate at the time?

Constructed languages
Portal
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Constructed language
articles		 Importance
Top High Mid Low Total
Quality
Featured article FA 2 2
A 2 1 1 4
B 3 6 17 23 49
Start 1 5 37 118 161
Stub 21 150 171
List 2 5 7
Assessed 10 12 76 296 394
Total 10 12 76 296 394


Welcome to the WikiProject concerning Constructed languages. Our goal is to create and improve articles about this subject.

If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.

[edit] Scope

[edit] Generally

  • Observing, maintaining, organising and improving all articles on Wikipedia relating to constructed languages.
  • Providing a reliable source of information regarding constructed languages, available on request.

[edit] Specifically

  • Expanding and improving articles about conlangs, especially notable ones;
  • Making sure that all current conlang articles meet certain criteria, such as:
    • it should be made clear in the article why the language is notable, interesting or unique;
    • it should contain a sample of the language, when available;
    • it should be tagged with {{WP conlangs}}, {{Conlang}}, and {{Infobox language}}
    • if should contain good references, bibliography and external links
  • Discussing a list of conlangs that arguably deserve articles (the "Things you can do" section on Portal:Constructed languages could serve as a starting point);
  • Nominating non-notable and/or non-verifiable articles for deletion; moving them to the Conlang Wiki at Wikicities if warranted;
  • NPOVing conlang articles added by self-interested creators; and
  • Reviving a more viable policy proposal from WP:CONLANG.

[edit] Esperanto Task Force

Esperanto Portal
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Esperanto task force
articles		 Importance
Top High Mid Low Total
Quality
Featured article FA 1 1
A 1 1
B 3 11 9 23
Start 26 84 110
Stub 13 112 125
List 5 5
Assessed 2 3 50 210 265
Total 2 3 50 210 265

[edit] Goals

  • Take inventory of all articles pertaining to Esperanto by adding the task force's tag and assessing their quality
  • Improve the quality of existing articles pertaining to Esperanto
  • Identify possible new articles and create them
  • Maintain the quality of existing Esperanto articles that have already attained high quality

[edit] Scope

The Esperanto task force covers:

  • Esperanto itself and its grammatical structure and makeup
  • The history of Esperanto
  • Esperanto culture
  • Esperanto organizations
  • The Esperanto movement
  • Key people in the Esperanto movement
  • All other articles that in some way pertain to Esperanto

[edit] Projects

The Esperanto task force is currently undertaking or preparing to undertake the following projects:
Languages