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Project's success and findings (added section)

As of 2020, the ELP has catalogued over 3000 endangered languages in its ElCat covering 180 countries/territories throughout the world. Some of these languages include Nubi, Irish, Orok, Welsh, Swedish Sign Language, and Boruca. There are 360 endangered languages catalogued in Australia, alone. The ELP states that "over 40 percent of the approximately 7,000 languages worldwide are in danger of becoming extinct."

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Leadership and organization hierarchy (added subsection)

A select group of invited professionals make up the Governance Council and Advisory Committee that oversee the organization. The Governance Council is currently comprised of eleven members, including Lyle Campbell and Oliver Loode, and the Advisory Committee has eight members with a wide range of experience and employment, including language research groups, universities, and Google.

Global cooperation (added subsection)

The active Governance Council has delegates from the... (edited sentence structure to make content less repetitive)

Partnerships (added subsection)

In addition to the governing organizations listed above... (broke up existing paragraph into two sections for clarity) This group is known as the Alliance for Linguistic Diversity. (fixed an accidental Wiki citation for a nonexistent article)

Other Information Added

• For example, the organization classifies the Canadian Métis language Michif as critically endangered due to the declining number of its fluent speakers.
• The organization's website also offers an interactive map to present the origin for these languages around the world.
• This group partners with Google to run the Endangered Languages Project.
• I deleted an unsubstantiated claim stating that Lyle Campbell was the founder.
• I updated the Alexa rank on both the page and the citation, which had dropped by nearly two million.

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Users are encouraged to verify and update existing ELCat information, such as statistics and background information for a language they have in-depth knowledge about by offering suggested improvements via an online form. This means that the languages included on the website and the information presented about them is intended to change over time, as the status of languages changes and information about those languages improves.

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The catalogue's goal is to continuously improve. While the catalogue began with existing publications, the ELP sought out experts to fill in incomplete entries and correct any mistakes. Users that are knowledgable about a specific language that is appropriate for the ELCat are encouraged to submit information pertaining to the improvement or submission of a particular language entry.

Pictures Added

An example of Michif on an engraving in Batoche, Saskatchewan

The First Welsh Bible from 1588

Earlier Exercises

Choosing Articles:

Himalayan Languages Project The article does an adequate job explaining the project and its goals, but it lacks further detail.

Endangered Languages Project The article provides insight into the project and its background but does not go into the progress of the project.

English Language Unity Act While the article contains much information regarding the background and controversy of the bill, much of its information is not cited and incomplete.

Evaluate an Article:

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Name of article: Traditional grammar

This article discusses the background and usage of grammar, a central component of linguistics.

The lead is concise and includes a clear introductory sentence into the topic discussed. It includes a brief introduction into traditional grammar but does not discuss the specific sections covered in the article.

The article's content is relevant to traditional grammar and is up to date as can be. There does not seem to be missing content or content that does not belong.

The article is completely neutral and does not appear to have any bias. The article provides a diverse array of information regarding grammar worldwide. The article does not seem to persuade the reader towards or away from any particular position.

Most of the facts in the article appear to be backed up by a reliable secondary source of information. Some simply redirects the reader to another Wikipedia page. The sources are thorough and often date back several centuries, but they do also represent contemporary beliefs in the field. The links work correctly.

The article is well written and does not have any errors in grammar. The article is well organized with very clear sections.

The article does not contain any images, but they do have several relevant charts.

The talk page criticizes the article for being biased towards descriptive grammar and for its broad generalizations. The article seems very similar to the discussions we have had in class, despite the fact that the talk page heavily criticizes it.

Overall, the article seems like a strong initial summary into the field of traditional grammar. It could include more sources to counteract the criticism regarding its generalizations. The article seems slightly underdeveloped, but it has a strong section on the history of traditional grammar.