I've just dug up earlier discussions about the Platt Wikipedia, and
about Patentplatt/Fernsehplatt in general.
See:
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0505D&L=lowlands-l&am…
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0506A&L=lowlands-l&am…
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?S2=lowlands-l&q=patentplatt…
Mark
PS: If Ron Hahn says that nds.wikipedia is in Patentplatt, are you
telling us that Ron Hahn is wrong? After all, he's a native speaker
and you're not.
On 10/07/05, wiki(a)marcusbuck.org <wiki(a)marcusbuck.org> wrote:
Hello.
I find it a bit weird, that you discuss about nds.wikipedia on the mailing list
and not even post a message on nds.wikipedia. I found this discussion by chance
after some people came into the wiki making changes without knowing really what
they do.
Some people here are running down admin and other users of nds.wikipedia, which
are the only people really active on that wiki for long time. They are engaged
on making it a better usable resource in Low Saxon language and we introduced a
common orthography based on the wordbook by Johannes Sass to make it consistent
so you don't have to know all the regional variants of the language, which are
for some cases mutually unintelligible. The orthography by Sass is based on the
most widely used dialect, that is also mostly used when spoken in supra-regional
media.
I think some people discussing here are speaking out of their ivory tower and
don't know what is really going on at the "base". I see some Dutch engaged
here. Let me say: Dutch variant of Low Saxon is not understandable for most of
German Low Saxon speakers (Sure, they are understandable near the border). Some
state the wiki is in Plattdüütsch rather than Low Saxon. This is so true as it
is not true. Plattdüütsch is the most important variant of Low Saxon (Low Saxon
is an academic classification) and the common name of the language in Germany.
If no Dutch contribute it is no wonder, when the wikipedia is more and more
germanized (or shall the German learn Dutch and Nedersaksisch to balance the
Dutch contribution deficits?)
You don't need all your fingers to count all regular contributors to the wiki.
Why do so much people argue here about the content of the wiki and nobody of
the people, who obviously know so much about the language, contributes?
I'm a little bit angry because of the behaviour of some.
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Greets, Slomox
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