On 29/11/05, Mark Williamson <node.ue(a)gmail.com> wrote:
First of all, there are quite a few other users who support the
existance of that Wikipedia, most nostably Gabix, Russ, Vertaler,
Ronline, and I believe Iulian U.
Not denying the support for this Wikipedia from
others, still you were
the only one that supported it with great fervor. I also have the
impression that the supporters of Moldovan Wikipedia are somewhat in
minority compared to those desiring that it don't exist.
of Latin alphabet in schools). And all this
although he is not linked
directly what-so-ever nor to Romanians, nor to Moldovans, nor to
Russians, and thus not in knowledge of the cause. The debate on
Despite the fact that until recently, 99% of the articles on that
Wikipedia were entirely due to my effort? (more recently, other users,
especially Russ, have stepped up the effort).
Mark, the fact that you are the only
actual contributor (till lately)
to Moldovan Wikipedia is undenyable. Still, you are not nor Moldovan,
nor Romanian. You have not lived there, you have never spoken Romanian
or "Moldovan". I admire your efforts to write articles in a very
foreign language, but I regard these as somehow being in vain. Apart
from some passionate contributors and supporters, no one will ever
find use for Moldovan Wikipedia other than to make (to himself or to
others) a false idea about Moldova, the language spoken there and its
links to Russia(n). And I reiterate that you are not in knowledge of
the cause (I hope this is the correct English expression). I come from
Moldova, I lived there all my life apart from the previous year. No
one, but no one uses Cyrillic alphabet for Romanian language. In the
villages, yes, maybe, but only by the retired and the almost
illiterate. Otherwise villages are empty - everyone works either in
the capital, either at black in Europe or Russia. Transnistria - they
keep Moldovan language in Cyrillic only from political reasons.
Otherwise, only Russian is used there. Go to the Police and speak in
Romanian (Moldovan, if you prefer) they will not understand one word.
You'll have to switch to Russian.
Moldovan Wikipedia has definitely degraded into
an endless fight,
that has advanced till the English Wikipedia. As I was informed
No, not really. Perhaps you perceived it that way -- yes, for a while,
there were arguments going on. But they were isolated points in the
history of mo.wiki -- for the last couple of months, there hasn't been
any real argument, and it's just been slow growth.
Agreed with this. But at
that time it was endless.
recently by
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bonaparte, "It seems
that user Node deletes systematic an important part of the text."
Please see the block log history of Bonaparte, and his contributions.
He is relatively new to Wikipedia and already he has caused quite a
bit of upset.
Regarding Bonaparte, I have already understood my mistake. The next
time I will inform myself more. Mark, and regarding this reaction it
was probably exagerated, but I was still driven by sentiments from
previous debates on mo.wiki.
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