On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:49 PM, M. Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
And if I were to ask the community to make it? I would be perfectly willing to do the same thing. This should not be relevant in Wikimedia. If a pedophile says "We should put a picture of a naked child on every page of Wikipedia!", we should refute his idea on its merits, not based on the fact that he's a pedophile. I have been thinking for a long time now that ku.wp should be moved to kmr.wp, I am just not a big fan of all of the bureaucracy and so avoided doing it myself. Now someone else has done it, and I support it.
So it really bothers me that you're judging a proposal based on the (supposed) ethnicity of the person who suggested it, especially since the proposal has always had merit and I could've easily been the proposer myself. If an argument has no merit, then say so based on the argument. Ad hominem is never right, and that's actually exactly what you've done here.
You are, again, jumping to conclusions unsupported by what I actually wrote. I didn't "judge the proposal" based on his ethnicity. If you can't be bothered to read what I've posted, then please refrain from further replies.
--- Millosh wrote:
If White Cat has pro-Turkish bias, he wouldn't support Sorani speakers, as they are "on PKK's side" and PKK is the archenemy of Turkey. However, much more relevant factor in inter-Kurdish disputes are personal and political feuds, not ethnic tension. ---
Here's a situation where there may be unknown ramifications to the action requested. In a period of ethnic and political conflict between two groups, even minor and seemingly apolitical maneuvers may have larger significance not apparent to outsiders. Since we don't have all the details, it can be helpful to understand the background of the people involved in a dispute - in this case, virtually all of the Kurdish editors are against the proposed rename, while White Cat (who has an amply documented history of pro-Turkish editing which should not be doubted) is in favor. If, as you say, it's a purely logical and reasonable argument, then the nature of the two sides is an interesting coincidence. Perhaps the Kurdish editors prefer having a "Kurdish Wikipedia" as an emblem of their unified ethnic identity, or perhaps there are other factors at play.
Nathan