On 29/11/05, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
First of all, there are quite a few other users who support the existance of that Wikipedia, most nostably Gabix, Russ, Vertaler, Ronline, and I believe Iulian U.
Not denying the support for this Wikipedia from others, still you were the only one that supported it with great fervor. I also have the impression that the supporters of Moldovan Wikipedia are somewhat in minority compared to those desiring that it don't exist.
of Latin alphabet in schools). And all this although he is not linked directly what-so-ever nor to Romanians, nor to Moldovans, nor to Russians, and thus not in knowledge of the cause. The debate on
Despite the fact that until recently, 99% of the articles on that Wikipedia were entirely due to my effort? (more recently, other users, especially Russ, have stepped up the effort).
Mark, the fact that you are the only actual contributor (till lately) to Moldovan Wikipedia is undenyable. Still, you are not nor Moldovan, nor Romanian. You have not lived there, you have never spoken Romanian or "Moldovan". I admire your efforts to write articles in a very foreign language, but I regard these as somehow being in vain. Apart from some passionate contributors and supporters, no one will ever find use for Moldovan Wikipedia other than to make (to himself or to others) a false idea about Moldova, the language spoken there and its links to Russia(n). And I reiterate that you are not in knowledge of the cause (I hope this is the correct English expression). I come from Moldova, I lived there all my life apart from the previous year. No one, but no one uses Cyrillic alphabet for Romanian language. In the villages, yes, maybe, but only by the retired and the almost illiterate. Otherwise villages are empty - everyone works either in the capital, either at black in Europe or Russia. Transnistria - they keep Moldovan language in Cyrillic only from political reasons. Otherwise, only Russian is used there. Go to the Police and speak in Romanian (Moldovan, if you prefer) they will not understand one word. You'll have to switch to Russian.
Moldovan Wikipedia has definitely degraded into an endless fight, that has advanced till the English Wikipedia. As I was informed
No, not really. Perhaps you perceived it that way -- yes, for a while, there were arguments going on. But they were isolated points in the history of mo.wiki -- for the last couple of months, there hasn't been any real argument, and it's just been slow growth.
Agreed with this. But at that time it was endless.
recently by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bonaparte, "It seems that user Node deletes systematic an important part of the text."
Please see the block log history of Bonaparte, and his contributions. He is relatively new to Wikipedia and already he has caused quite a bit of upset.
Regarding Bonaparte, I have already understood my mistake. The next time I will inform myself more. Mark, and regarding this reaction it was probably exagerated, but I was still driven by sentiments from previous debates on mo.wiki.
-- Liviu