Mark,
You have been designated by Milos as the representative for the wonderful, if elusive, Cyrillic-writing Romanian-speakin people of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. You seem to have taken your responsibilities seriously, so you wouldn't mind if I ask: where is your people? No Wikipedia project starts out of the blue, on a theoretical basis -- there's always a catalyst, a representative of the people, who wants to read and write, who wants to immerse him or herself in the culture of the language, and generate content in their own, native language. Where is that elusive Pridnestrovian who yearns to write content in Romanian, in Cyrillic? Don't give me Russian statistics on schools -- give me e-mails from real people, give me pleas, give me petitions. I can give you e-mails, pleas and petitions regarding the *closure* of the Moldovan Wikipedia -- show me yours.
Thank you, Gutza
On 13-Oct-10 04:56, M. Williamson wrote:
Gutza, your #2 statement does not follow, Cyrillic has been and is currently used, including in schools, for the Eastern Romance/Daco-Romanian/Romanian/Moldovan/whatever variety spoken in all or some parts of Moldova (and/or, depending on your chosen political reality, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic).
The Thai script has never been used for English on a wide scale (read: beyond one person, as a novelty), and certainly not by native or heritage speakers of the English language. There is no comparison.
-m.
2010/10/12 Gutza gutza@moongate.ro:
But then we have the following contradicting statements (and both are yours):
- a Wikipedia is granted to a language not a country
- the Moldovan language is in fact the Romanian language (the fact that it's written in Cyrillic is as relevant as proposing a project for English written in Thai)
So then, which *language* is this about?
Gutza
On 13-Oct-10 04:37, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, The solution of a dissolution of the mo.wikipedia is in the recognition that it is Romanian language written in Cyrillic. This is the central argument and, consequently the Romanian language is part of an acceptable solution. Thanks, GerardM
On 13 October 2010 03:34, Gutza gutza@moongate.ro wrote:
On 13-Oct-10 04:29, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Remember, a Wikipedia is granted to a language not a country.
True. But which language is this about, specifically?
Gutza
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