Re: ceqli

Garth Wallace wrote:
> Philip Newton wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 20:50:39 -0600, Rex May - Baloo <rmay@...> wrote:
>>
>>> I just wrote a "Ceqli language" article for Wikipedia.
>>
>>
>>
>> Why not provide a link to it -
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceqli_language - so that the
>> lazy-but-interested can simply click it?
Lazy-but-interested people create a smart bookmark to wikipedia that
lets you type in the name of the article and go there :)

>> Also, I see it's already been listed on "Votes for deletion" less than
>> 26 hours after it was first created. (
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/temp#Ceqli_language_.26mdash.3B_Add_to_this_discussion
>>
>> or http://xrl.us/ceqliwpvfd )
>
>
> Yeah, Wikipedia really isn't the place for stuff like that. Unless a
> conlang develops a community of speakers, or is used in a published work
> of fiction, or makes some sort of impact beyond simply existing that
> would make it an encyclopedic topic, it really doesn't belong on
> Wikipedia. Some editors are quick to put anything that looks like a
> vanity article on VfD.
In this case, that was me (notice the 'kesuari'). I'd sent more than
five things here when I tried notifying people, though, so I just sent a
personal message to the author. First time I've ever put anything on VfD.

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