The thing is though, it's not like I sent 20 messages in a row asking for a Friulian Wikipedia, I wrote one, and responded to peoples questions and objections. To not do that might seem like I no longer want it created.
--node
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 01:01:01 +0100, Andre Engels andreengels@gmail.com wrote:
One thing that gets me irritated is that you do not use 1 or 2 messages for Friulian, but over 20 already. That quickly destroys any wish to support you. After 3 or 4 messages, the reaction changes to "we know that already". At least for me.
Andre Engels
On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:48:10 -0700, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all
I had gathered that people were getting fed up with requests from me for new Wikipedias, and now somebody has said it to my face.
It's really a bit weird from where I am though because I have requested only two new Wikipedias, the first one having been created and now growing steadily, and the second one (Friulian) with popular support from speakers of the language that is surer than it was for Sicilian (people committed for Sicilian, but they weren't Wikipedians already).
Now, in this message I don't want to ask your opinion about policy or about whether or not a certain Wikipedia should be created, I just want to know this: Are you fed up with the requests from me for new Wikipedias? Why?
I realise I may not be a fluent speaker of either of the languages I requested, but the way people are talking (somebody referred to me "flooding" this list with requests) makes it sound like I am selecting languages at random from a list and requesting them at a rate of 10 per week or something, when in fact I had already asked fluent speakers if they would be interested, got a commitment, and so far have only requested two Wikipedias (a few months ago, I asked Brion to create sc: on IRC [but not this list!], and I recognise now that was probably a mistake)
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