I would just like to post my thoughts on how many questions we can expect.

Currently most languages sites are hovering at around 2-3 questions per day:

###questions per day — days in beta (ordered by beta launch date, youngest first)

2.1 — 600 days Italian.SE
2.1 — 1110 days Russian.SE
3.1 — 1293 days Chinese.SE
2.6 — 1321 days Spanish.SE
3.1 — 1411 days French.SE
10.1 — 1489 days Japanese.SE
5.7 — 1496 days German.SE

(According to the new graduation guidelines, graduation is considered at 10 questions per day.)

Currently all these sites are about modern languages. In fact, currently SE hosts language sites exactly for the top 8 business languages (ordered by Gross World Product according to IMF data, second table here). (Next in line being Portuguese and Arabic at 100% commitment.) That is, these languages are widely studied and widely used and the corresponding language sites have lots of questions like

• My boss told me to X. What does he mean?
• Is [word] internet slang?
• How do you say "homebrew beer" in [language]?
• I heard [word] in this song [YouTube link]. What does it mean?

While all of these probably should have an answer in Latin, too, I don't think we can expect the same number of questions pouring in, because Latin is not widely used. There is little popular literature in Latin, there are few TV shows or radio shows in Latin, etc., so I expect there to be fewer questions and comparing to the other language sites probably fewer than 2 questions per day. In fact, after a cursory glance at questions on Japanese.SE & German.SE, it looks like more than half of the questions are from people using the languages, not studying them.

If that means we can expect at most one question per 1-2 days, the community needs to find a way to stay motivated. It's not like we can visit the page every few hours and expect much new information. But users shouldn't forget about it either, because that will lead first to death and then closure. (Example: Literature closed at 0.4 questions per day.)

I don't know if adding Ancient Greek will improve the situation, because more unrelated questions might actually be detrimental to the health of the proposal. I think it would be good to have a show of hands of how many committers actually know or study Ancient Greek.

I would just like to post my thoughts on how many questions we can expect.

Currently most languages sites are hovering at around 2-3 questions per day:

###questions per day — days in beta (ordered by beta launch date, youngest first)

2.1 — 600 days Italian.SE
2.1 — 1110 days Russian.SE
3.1 — 1293 days Chinese.SE
2.6 — 1321 days Spanish.SE
3.1 — 1411 days French.SE
10.1 — 1489 days Japanese.SE
5.7 — 1496 days German.SE

(According to the new graduation guidelines, graduation is considered at 10 questions per day.)

Currently all these sites are about modern languages. In fact, currently SE hosts language sites exactly for the top 8 business languages (ordered by Gross World Product according to IMF data, second table here). (Next in line being Portuguese and Arabic at 100% commitment.) That is, these languages are widely studied and widely used and the corresponding language sites have lots of questions like

• My boss told me to X. What does he mean?
• Is [word] internet slang?
• How do you say "homebrew beer" in [language]?
• I heard [word] in this song [YouTube link]. What does it mean?

While all of these probably should have an answer in Latin, too, I don't think we can expect the same number of questions pouring in, because Latin is not widely used. There is little popular literature in Latin, there are few TV shows or radio shows in Latin, etc., so I expect there to be fewer questions and comparing to the other language sites probably fewer than 2 questions per day. In fact, after a cursory glance at questions on Japanese.SE & German.SE, it looks like more than half of the questions are from people using the languages, not studying them.

If that means we can expect at most one question per 1-2 days, the community needs to find a way to stay motivated. It's not like we can visit the page every few hours and expect much new information. But users shouldn't forget about it either, because that will lead first to death and then closure. (Example: Literature closed at 0.4 questions per day.)

I don't know if adding Ancient Greek will improve the situation, because more unrelated questions might actually be detrimental to the health of the proposal. I think it would be good to have a show of hands of how many committers actually know or study Ancient Greek.

I would just like to post my thoughts on how many questions we can expect.

Currently most languages sites are hovering at around 2-3 questions per day:

###questions per day — days in beta (ordered by beta launch date, youngest first)

2.1 — 600 days Italian.SE
2.1 — 1110 days Russian.SE
3.1 — 1293 days Chinese.SE
2.6 — 1321 days Spanish.SE
3.1 — 1411 days French.SE
10.1 — 1489 days Japanese.SE
5.7 — 1496 days German.SE

(According to the new graduation guidelines, graduation is considered at 10 questions per day.)

Currently all these sites are about modern languages. In fact, currently SE hosts language sites exactly for the top 8 business languages (ordered by Gross World Product according to IMF data, second table here). (Next in line being Portuguese and Arabic at 95% and 96% commitment.) That is, these languages are widely studied and widely used and the corresponding language sites have lots of questions like

• My boss told me to X. What does he mean?
• Is [word] internet slang?
• How do you say "homebrew beer" in [language]?
• I heard [word] in this song [YouTube link]. What does it mean?

While all of these probably should have an answer in Latin, too, I don't think we can expect the same number of questions pouring in, because Latin is not widely used. There is little popular literature in Latin, there are few TV shows or radio shows in Latin, etc., so I expect there to be fewer questions and comparing to the other language sites probably fewer than 2 questions per day. In fact, after a cursory glance at questions on Japanese.SE & German.SE, it looks like more than half of the questions are from people using the languages, not studying them.

If that means we can expect at most one question per 1-2 days, the community needs to find a way to stay motivated. It's not like we can visit the page every few hours and expect much new information. But users shouldn't forget about it either, because that will lead first to death and then closure. (Example: Literature closed at 0.4 questions per day.)

I don't know if adding Ancient Greek will improve the situation, because more unrelated questions might actually be detrimental to the health of the proposal. I think it would be good to have a show of hands of how many committers actually know or study Ancient Greek.

I would just like to post my thoughts on how many questions we can expect.

Currently most languages sites are hovering at around 2-3 questions per day:

###questions per day — days in beta (ordered by beta launch date, youngest first)

2.1 — 600 days Italian.SE
2.1 — 1110 days Russian.SE
3.1 — 1293 days Chinese.SE
2.6 — 1321 days Spanish.SE
3.1 — 1411 days French.SE
10.1 — 1489 days Japanese.SE
5.7 — 1496 days German.SE

(According to the new graduation guidelines, graduation is considered at 10 questions per day.)

Currently all these sites are about modern languages. In fact, currently SE hosts language sites exactly for the top 8 business languages (ordered by Gross World Product according to IMF data, second table here). (Next in line being Portuguese and Arabic at 100% commitment.) That is, these languages are widely studied and widely used and the corresponding language sites have lots of questions like

• My boss told me to X. What does he mean?
• Is [word] internet slang?
• How do you say "homebrew beer" in [language]?
• I heard [word] in this song [YouTube link]. What does it mean?

While all of these probably should have an answer in Latin, too, I don't think we can expect the same number of questions pouring in, because Latin is not widely used. There is little popular literature in Latin, there are few TV shows or radio shows in Latin, etc., so I expect there to be fewer questions and comparing to the other language sites probably fewer than 2 questions per day. In fact, after a cursory glance at questions on Japanese.SE & German.SE, it looks like more than half of the questions are from people using the languages, not studying them.

If that means we can expect at most one question per 1-2 days, the community needs to find a way to stay motivated. It's not like we can visit the page every few hours and expect much new information. But users shouldn't forget about it either, because that will lead first to death and then closure. (Example: Literature closed at 0.4 questions per day.)

I don't know if adding Ancient Greek will improve the situation, because more unrelated questions might actually be detrimental to the health of the proposal. I think it would be good to have a show of hands of how many committers actually know or study Ancient Greek.