Mark Williamson wrote:
Is it considered acceptable to have spearate Wikipedias for different cultures and peoples rather than languages?
No it isn't. I agree with what Jimmy, Anthere, and others have already written in reply to this.
Robin Patterson has asserted on mi: that rather than a Wikipedia in the Maori language, it's intended as a Wikipedia for the Maori people, and thus extensive usage of the English language is OK or even good
Where has he said this? The top of http://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_Portal states very clearly that every article should be written in Māori.
Guaka wrote:
When applying for Bambara Wikipedia administratorship I explicitely mentioned that I'll drop my administratorship as soon as there are some native speaking folks active as administrator. I think that should be a general policy for administrators who have only a very small knowledge of a language.
I think that's fine. I see no need to prevent people from being admins because they don't speak the language when there are no active users that do speak the language.
Mark Williamson wrote:
I have now been blocked by Robin Patterson for removing English-language content.
Really? The block log claims he blocked you for removing Māori content.
I had left him a message a few days ago, and he never answered it.
Perhaps you could have waited a bit longer for a reply before contining to revert the main page.
I do not think that somebody like this should be trusted with admin privelages, especially since according to him his fluency level is only mi-1.
I disagree. Since this is the only case I am aware of where there has been any suggestion of a problem, desysopping seems too extreme a reaction.
Heiko Evermann wrote:
I have had a look at Robin's edits. I think that he is doing a great job.
I agree. He has also made efforts to attract a wider community of Māori speakers to the wiki.
Anthere wrote:
Something which was not clear in your message : Is Robin admin there, or has he tried to apply for adminship ?
Yes, he's been an admin since Perl/Aplank made him one in April 2004.
Angela.