M. Dingemanse

Okay, I've provided some answers. I don't feel very strongly myself about featured status — I have already accepted that systemic bias causes articles on 'marginal' subjects to be pushed out of focus (see GA reassessments above). There is no doubt that as a representation of the language, the article is imperfect, but the current state of sources on the language (and my lack of time) makes it almost impossible to do better.

What gratifies me about this article is that it was useful to a handful of speakers of the language itself. They took considerable pride in discovering that their cultural heritage had a representation even on the 'white man's internet'. That's enough for me. There is no doubt that as a representation of the language, the article is imperfect, but the current state of sources on the language (and my lack of time) makes it almost impossible to do better. — [[User:Mark Dingemanse|mark]] [[User Talk:Mark Dingemanse|✎]] 08:36, 3 September 2009 (UTC)