Dear Wouter,
I can't help but disagree. In my opinion, using Proto-Indo-European for the new Wikipedia is the only viable option. Additional benefit: we could finally close many redundant editions of Wikipedia like en:, fr:, es: ....
Boris
wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org schrieb am 06.07.05 23:41:51:
Dear fellow list subscribers,
After a few very nasty e-mails, overseeing the battle field, I cannot conclude but that no-one will change his view by someone else's arguments. Therefor we should not bother to meet inbetween, but rather on neutral ground: let us return to where it all begun. We can eliminate both most spelling and most dialectical differences by... returning to Old Saxon. This strong sonorous language will unite the fierce but noble people of the Saxons which have been suppressed by Francs for far too long.
Latad uns farenigan undar thia sprakô, thia lang lidan ena was. Îs, Sachson, siad fardelad thur Frankon ewan lang, enda thur hart farenigadat duvoliskit werk wîs nu siad fardelid tot op tha bena. Ni langar sallad sî uns undardrukan: Vî, dat adelt folk, gad wêrum nah unsaron brunnon en herstellad allat hwat so lang fargetan, farnederad enda undardrukad is. Lang livad Sachson, lang liva Sachsa sprako. Enda nu, makad ena nija Wikipedia for unsara gedachta utwerkon konnon!
Iar bestar friond Wouter.
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