Yes, I do know that.
But there are also practical considerations.
Ideally, Moldovan-Cyrillic should be hosted at the same Wikipedia as the Romanian Wikipedia, with content conversion.
But will the existing Romanian Wikipedia community accept it? Probably not. What would Romanians (non-editors) think of it? They would probably be less forgiving than the Wikipedians.
If somebody wants to enforce the idea, I fully support it, as long as the converter meets appropriate standards (Cyrillic-Latin is not 1-to-1 for Moldovan, unlike with Serbian, so it will take a fair deal more listing of rules), and some way is found for the Wikipedia to be referred to either neutrally (not as Romanian or as Moldovan), or according to a user's preferences (so if a user selects it to be called the "Moldovan Wikipedia", the front page will welcome them to such). The last point isn't as important though -- my main concern is *accurate conversion*.
If you want to totally ignore any concerns of community acceptance and possible backlash as the result of such an implementation, that's fine with me.
Ultimately, what matters to me is that the same goal is reached, regardless of the method: Free encyclopaedia articles available for reading in Moldavian Cyrillic.
It matters a little bit what it's called, but what matters the most is that it's available, and relatively easy to access.
Mark
On 07/03/06, Andreas Vilén andreas.vilen@gmail.com wrote:
Wikipedia editions refer to languages, not countries, and you know that. If for example Scandinavia whould have been a united country for half a century, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish would most probably have been considered variants of one language. Language is politics.
/Andreas
On 3/7/06, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
Of course. But what do you think the chances are that Romanians will allow it on "their" Wikipedia?
Many Romanians (and many Moldovans as well) regard Cyrillic as a symbol of communism or Russian imperialism, and if an automatic converter was added to the Romanian Wikipedia, I think it would get negative attention in romania, and some WP'ans might actually leave over it.
Mark
On 07/03/06, Servien Ilaino servien@gmail.com wrote:
If the only difference is that it's written in Cyrillic then you can use some kind of program for that.
Serv
2006/3/7, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com:
I'm not sure all of those questions are relevant. Most of them are publicly-accessible information anyhow. I will answer those that aren't.
- How old are you?
- Where do you live?
- Where were you brought up?
- How many languages do you claim to speak?
I don't "claim to speak" any languages. I know a number of languages to widely varying degrees -- for example, I can say a few things in Okinawan, I can understand Spanish to a degree, and I can make myself understood in Japanese. Whether I "speak" a language or not depends on what you mean -- what level of fluency?
- How did you learn those languages?
How does anyone learn any language? By hearing it/reading it, and speaking it/writing it.
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