First off, I noticed you totally dropped all of your FUD about how the evil Russians are forcing Transnistrian Moldavians to use Cyrillic. How come?
You also failed to comment on the fact that only 1 of the "Moldovan" voters has confirmed his identity in any way, shape, or form.
Now, I'll reply to your message.
On 07/03/06, Jacky PB dpotop1@yahoo.com wrote:
Mark,
Whether or not you are fluent in Moldovan is extremely important here, because you are the unique contributor. You created mo.wiki,
That's a heaping pile of falsehoods. The majority of contributions are not by me, but by anonymous contributors (who may or may not be Moldovan), User:Russ, and User:Gabix.
I did not "create mo.wiki" -- I found it empty, and added content. It was "created" by a developer. Who originally requested it is completely unknown to me, although it would be interesting to find out who it was.
you copied (from ro.wiki) most articles, and you, alone, are fighting for it.
Again, not true. Various people defended it in the duration of the vote but you discounted their opinions because they weren't Moldovan, OR Romanian (but if they're Romanian, of course their opinions mattered suddenly).
Also, at various times, it has been defended by Moldovans of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to Oleg Alexandrov (if I am correct, he believes that, while it does make sense to have Cyrillic content, due to the small contributor base and erratic nature of contributions it is destined to fail without greater participation; Oleg Alexandrov has said he is of entirely Moldovan/Romanian heritage), Dmitriid (Dmitriid's view seemed to be that while the Wikipedia may exist, it should make clear that Moldovan and Romanian are the same language, and also it should make clear that Cyrillic is not official in Moldova anymore and is not the primary script for either Romanian or Moldovan; he said he was ethnically Russian but born in Chisinau and went to a Turkish school where he learnt Romanian/Moldovan), Vertaler (he was quite excited about the existance of the project, but was ultimately disappointed because of the erratic nature of contributions and small contributor and article bases; he seems to have been ethnically Moldovan, but he was certainly fluent in the language), Ali Noali / Elnoel (he held the same opinion as Vertaler; he said he was from an affluent ethnically Moldovan family who his webpage suggests were disgusted at the developments after Moldovan independence and at the current state of the Moldovan political and economic scene, blaming it on the new government), and possibly others.
There are also the anonymous Moldovan contributors who wrote or corrected content in Cyrillic.
Given that this wiki is by you and for you, it could be justified as a hobby. But there are two problems: you do not seem to learn Moldovan
It is not "by me", and it is most certainly not _for_ me.
and you promote old stalinist linguistic policies that hurt people's feelings.
Stalinist linguistic policy would be to let mowiki fall into disrepair and encourage people to use the Russian WP instead. I have not done that.
And whose feelings have been hurt? Who have been most active in this conflict? Not the Moldovans, no. The Romanians. A few Moldovans said some stuff, yes, but the _most active_ people were all Romanians -- Ronline, you, Bogdan, Bonaparte, Danutz, Mihaitza, Duca, Goie.
And, BTW, you called me a liar earlier, but you somehow failed to mention a single Moldovan editor (i.e. one that claims to be Moldovan) that supports your views.
I already mentioned them, and you already complained about them. Some of them have few or no contributions, but then, the same is true of most of the "Moldovan Wikipedians" who voted on your side. How did I find their opinions? You were sarcastic before and mentioned something about psychic powers. That would be cool, but I'm not psychic, at least not that I know of. I e-mailed some of these people a while back to find out what they thought.
Mark