- There are people who think that Moldovan is a distinct language. There are people who think that Moldovan is simply different name for the Romanian. Everybody knows however that both Romanian and Moldovan are generally written in Latin script.
This is an incorrect opinion. Yes, the majority do use Latin, but many still use Cyrillic.
- Nevertheless, on Wikipedia's homepage "Moldovenească" in not written in Latin script, like the Moldovan society has determined but in Cyrillic script like it was decreed in the unfree days of the Soviet union when the people of Moldova was not allowed to decide for themselves.
As noted previously, Cyrillic is still used by many in Moldova proper, and by a majority in Trasnistria.
- This gives the Moldovan internet user a bad impression of Wikipedia and irritates him or her because they can think that Wikipedia ignores what the independent nation of Moldova decides and rather goes by the standard from the Soviet era.
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- Now, if that user clicks on that cyrillic "Moldovenească", he is taken to a page that tells him to make a decision if he prefers the Latin or the Cyrillic script.
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- What happens next is the following: If that user choses Latin (i. e. the standard script), he is told that his language is now considered Romanian by Wikipedia and taken to the Romanian Wikipedia. If, however the user should decide for some reason that he prefers Cyrillic (official script during the Soviet era), Wikipedia _now_ considers his language Moldovan and he is taken to a Wikipedia named "Moldovenească".
No, it doesn't say that Wikipedia considers his language Romanian. It just says, "If you want to look at the Moldovan Wikipedia in the Latin alphabet, please visit the Romanian Wikipedia". It used to say "Please click here", but this was changed, due to pressure from one Moldovan and 3 Romanians.
- And finally he realizes that this wiki that uses the Soviet standard which became suspended one and a half decades ago is given the subdomain "mo" (code reserved for Moldovan which is by default written in Latin script) by Wikipedia!
Not sure where you're getting the idea that nobody uses Cyrillic.
Is there anybody who does _not_ understand why a large number of users from the region are upset by this weird arrangement?
"A large number of users"? So far, I've observed a plethora of Romanians who are upset, and a handful of Moldovans. This totally ignores the fact that there are Moldovans who collaborate to mo.wiki, and there has been a small volume of positive feedback.
In a nutshell, Wikipedia currently delivers this message to users from Moldova: "If you're using the Latin script (like your national constitution says and like the majority of your compatriots do) we'll call your language Romanian but in case you should use Cyrillic, then we'll consider your language Moldovan".
What the language is called when written in Latin script is entirely up to ro.wiki.
Is there anybody who thinks that there is no need to correct this awkward situation?
The situation was already discussed extensively by myself, other Moldovans both in Moldova and abroad, and Romanians. The current solution was arrived at.
The OLD solution was that the mainpage of mo.wiki was all Cyrillic. And didn't you notice the Sitenotice? It says, in bold, "If you wanna read WP in Latin, the official script of the Moldovan Republic, please go to ro.wiki"
Mark
-- "Take away their language, destroy their souls." -- Joseph Stalin