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Den 2015-11-26 23:04, skrev "Michael Everson" <<a href="everson@evertype.com">everson@evertype.com</a>>:<BR>
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> On 26 Nov 2015, at 21:30, Kent Karlsson <<a href="kent.karlsson14@telia.com">kent.karlsson14@telia.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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>> Yes, but as Mark (and, I think, Shawn) say: this is of very marginal use, <BR>
>> and should be at very low priority, and could wait, perhaps indefinitely.<BR>
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> To what end? This is a volunteer effort. What benefit is there in waiting? <BR>
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Just that is does not appear particularly urgent.<BR>
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>> With regard to wpsimple, I don't like it, since it is (more or less) for <BR>
>> Wikipedia only (and then only for one or a few languages); even though <BR>
>> Wikipedia is "a pretty darn'd high-volume site”.<BR>
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> The specific simple variety <BR>
> of English for which a subtag has been sought is precisely the one used on the <BR>
> Wikipedia, as defined there. en-wpsimple is well-defined by the Wikipedia. <BR>
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Yes, but as I said: it is (more or less) for Wikipedia only (and then only for<BR>
one or a few languages). It is basically useless for anyone else.<BR>
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[Regarding the CEFR scheme]<BR>
>I think that ranking levels of simplicity is way outside the scope of <BR>
> our project. <BR>
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In that case, "Ogden's Basic English" and 'wpsimple' would be "way outside<BR>
the scope of our project" as well.<BR>
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> ISO 639 is codes for the representation of names of languages. <BR>
> Our subtags are too, just at a different level of granularity. <BR>
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"<language X> 'subset' at level <n>"; e.g. 'es-levelB1' would be the tag<BR>
for "Spanish intended for readers/listeners at CEFR proficiency level B1".<BR>
That would be just as fine as "en-ogden" tag for "English according to<BR>
Ogden's Basic English", and the former would be *way* more useful,<BR>
and the scheme is useable for any language, amplifying the usefulness<BR>
of CEFR level variant subtags.<BR>
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/Kent K<BR>
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