Let me add to this that some of the same people compared my actions, in supporting a technical move to change the ISO code of a Wikipedia, to those of a group of Turkish soldiers who attempted to murder Kurdish women and children. This game of nationalism and accusations is nothing new on Wikipedia. I have been called a Russian, a Soviet, a Jew, a Kurdish nationalist and many other things.
I was even told once that I was an official enemy of the Romanian people and that my name and face had been stored in a secret Romanian government database of enemies of the Romanian nation and that I would be targeted for elimination. So please, let's keep nationality out of this. I am not Turkish but I am a linguist and a geek and this move makes linguistic and technical sense. I am more a supporter of the aspirations of peoples to be independent, but I'd rather not take sides in every single geopolitical conflict because this does not need to be tied to that. It is a simple technical and linguistic issue with two options for a solution that should be chosen based on common sense, not nationalist sentiments or loyalties, and I have chosen my side without those unnecessary influences.
2011/9/16 Nathan nawrich@gmail.com
I don't think White_Cat's nomination is purely without ulterior motive, unfortunately. As some editors from ku.wp have alluded to, the issue of the name and designation of the "Kurdish Wikipedia" has ethnic and nationalist ramifications on both sides of the debate. Several of the ku.wp editors are on one side of that debate, and White_Cat (who is Turkish) is traditionally on the other.
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