Mark Williamson wrote:
It may seem this way from where you are. But let's look over a few things:
- Dialects. So far, nearly all proposals have been classified by the
The situation we have had on this list over the last year is that (1) there is a constant fighting over new languages and (2) Mark Williamson is constantly involved in these fights, one way or the other. Further, I think that (3) most people find these fights tiresome and should be avoided, (4) except, apparently, for Mark.
I don't know if this is a contributing reason behind Elian's posting, but I personally would want a language policy that helped us never having to hear a single word on new languages ever again. In fact, I'm developing a personal aversion against Mark and anybody who mentions language issues. They are fueling a fire that we ought to put out.
One radical approach could be to completely block new languages, which would make further discussion pointless. Another approach could be to create a new mailing list for language issues, where Mark can have lengthy discussions with himself.
There are a thousand different issues that are crucial to the success of Wikipedia, but that don't have to be debated daily on this mailing list. Why not put language issues among those?