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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hello</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">fellow Wikipedians</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This is my first posting to this mailing list; my name is Andr</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">é and in the Wikipedias you</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">might</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">either know me as</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">„</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">N-true</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> or</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">„</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Andr</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">é Müller</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Okay, well...</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">you created the Klingon Wikipedia</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">yesterday. Today you suspended it again. I don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t quite understand why you did the latter</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Wikipedia project is to create an encyclopedia in many languages. Also artificial are included, such as Esperanto, Interlingua and Volapük. Even dead languages like Latin or Sanskrit (which remains unused</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> though</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">There</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s even a Wikipedia in Toki Pona, another artificial language</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">even known to much</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">fewer</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> people than Klingon, for instance.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t see how Toki Pona stayed up and Klingon didn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t? If this is because you think there</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">d be too few contr</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">i</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">bu</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">nts,</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">you</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">re wrong</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> there</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ll be many enough. If it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s because the Wikipedia might lose credibility when it adds</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">„</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">silly</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> languages</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">no.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Klingon</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">language</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">community</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> is a growing one, just like the one of Toki Pona. I don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t think this would</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">offend</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> anyone</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> out there. Wikipedia might just get some more famous. And speaking about credibility... I don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t know if some</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">validated</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">languages</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> are more realistic than Klingon</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">; there</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s Plattdüütsch, which is indeed considered a language, but it doesn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t have a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">orthographic norm</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s written as you speak it, and thus may differ from speaker to speaker.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">As you ha</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ve</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> probably seen, I ha</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">d already</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">started to</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">work</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> on the</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Klingon Wikipedia. Don</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t get me wrong</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">m not trying to make you suspend Plattdüütsch or Toki Pona. It</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s just that I and many other Klingon speakers/learners</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">future</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> contribuents</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> would like to have our wIqIpe</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">D</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ya</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">back.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR ALIGN=JUSTIFY><SPAN LANG="de"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- André</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN></P>
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