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(a)moongate.ro>ro>:
But then we have the following contradicting
statements (and both are
yours):
1. a Wikipedia is granted to a language not a country
2. 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(a)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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