[Wikipedia-l] New request for Cantonese Wikipedia: vote at 29-6

[Mark Williamson]

Hi all,

All political, sociolinguistic, and practical arguments aside, there
are currently 29 votes in support of a separate Cantonese Wikipedia
and 6 against (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal_for_Sinitic_linguistic_policy#Vote_-_.E6.8A.95.E7.A5.A8).

While it's been said that Wikipedia isn't nessecarily a democracy, and
people have questioned the expertise of people who have given their
input on the issue of Cantonese, I think that the fact that the vote
so far is 29 to 6 against for the creation of a separate Cantonese
Wikipedia (a good portion of the votes on either side cast by native
speakers) should be enough to support the unconditional creation of a
Cantonese Wikipedia in the very very very near future.

Mark