[Vlaix]

Archiving languages is necessary for linguistics' sake. God knows we'd love to have at least some form of written attestation for most ancient tongues.

[nileshtrivedi]

I think he was referring to "archive and extinguish policy".

[alphakappa]

Yes, it's obvious why archiving is a good idea. I'm interested in knowing why someone thinks that extinguishing a living language is a good idea.