Re: [Wikipedia-l] Re: The issue of existance of the Moldovan language Wikipedia

Hi, Re: the Russian logo character change: As far as I remember (and this was a long way back so I'm not sure), it *was* a collective decision, but one that was passed very quickly and wasn't at all politically-motivated. It occured along with the changeover to MonoBook, at a time when the Romanian Wikipedia was growing very fast, and I don't think anyone thought twice about "doing it to make a statement against Russia". "Again, somebody's painting it as if all Moldovans hate this WP." No, not at all. What Oleg and I are saying (I think that's what Oleg is saying) is that the Cyrillic script in Moldova is seen as a relic of the Communist past. That doesn't mean people don't support. Personally, I disliked the Soviet Union a lot for what it did to Eastern Europe, and think writing Romanian/Moldovan in Cyrillic is nonsense, but I supported the Moldovan Cyrillic Wikipedia, if only because I felt there were people (including you) who were genuinely committed to it and wanted to support it. Just like I supported the Voro Wikipedia, I supported this one (well, Voro is a Wikipedia I really like). Anyway - so that final point is whether the Wikipedia should: *stay as it is *move to a subdomain *be deleted outright Please, what does everyone think? We need more input! By the way - did you know about our Vlax Romany Wikipedia proposal at Meta:Requests for new languages? We've got two native speakers - one still being confirmed - who are willing to help. Hopefully we can have a Vlax Romany Wikipedia by the end of the year. Ronline __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l