On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Gerard Meijssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > When people claim that deaf people are able to read and write in the > "dominant" language, they forget that this has never been a reason to deny > people their Wikipedia in their language. We do allow people who speak a > native American language their projects. Sign languages are as different > from the "dominant" language as native American languages are from Spanish, > Portuguese or English. However, we do have a policy (for better or worse) that currently states that: "The proposal has a sufficient number of living native speakers to form a viable community and audience." [1] I've yet to see any information indicating that SignWriting is a primary mode of communication for large groups of people, much less their native method of communication. -Chad [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Language_proposal_policy#Requisites _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
