The use case: the language doesn't have its own Wikipedia.
An example of this is in subtask T222309, where it is not possible to caption the photo in Skolt Saami when uploading the photo and the summary box shows only the language code.
Description
Description
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T223664 Process of adding new languages to wikiprojects without having to go through Wikipedia, translating the UI, etc. | |||
| Open | None | T223666 Precise and concise documentation on adding a new language to Commons | |||
| Open | None | T224293 Add the Saami languages to Commons | |||
| Resolved | None | T222309 Language code "sms" not recognized in Commons | |||
| Resolved | None | T227263 Replace sje and smj ISO codes with language's own autonym in the Commons information template |