Tim Starling wrote:
Mark Williamson wrote:
Hi all,
Andre Engels has recently locked the sh.wikipedia database at the
recommendation of Tim Starling, on the grounds that it is "supposed to
be dead".
I only commented on procedure and policy, not on the fact of the matter
itself. Assessment of the facts was performed by
others. As I said
previously, I'm sick of the continuous discussion of linguistics on
wikipedia-l and I wish it could be taken offlist. I've never made any
judgement on the status of Serbo-Croatian and I don't intend to start now.
How about a separate mailinglist for 'small language wikipedia's' and
'new wikipedia-related projects'?
regards,
Gerrit.
Sorry Gerrit, but I strongly disagree.
I understand very well that some people might get annoyed with constant discussions about
minority languages, but frankly, isolating small languages would be a very bad idea.
2 years and a half ago, I fought so that wikipedia-l stopped being the english wikipedia
mailing list only and become a global mailing list. I fought so that all wikipedias could
be on the same foot of equality and that decisions could be discussed together. I wish
that we do not go backward and isolate minor projects and minor languages. It is very
important that we discuss these topics globally. Minorities also are welcome on wikipedia
and they need attention. Not the darkness of an intl-l list again. We do not need more
lists. The issue of whether we want wikipedia to become only a list of 20 major languages,
or if we want wikipedia to be also a resource in many minor languages, and in that case
what we should do for all languages which are currently non active, is a global issue. It
needs to be here.
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