Well if this is the case why not split it up on "dialect" rather than country? We can have a Pommersch Wikipedia, an Oostfries Wikipedia, a Stellingwarves Wikipedia, a Gruningens Wikipedia...
Since there are actually differences from dialect to dialect, instead of a sudden change when you cross from Germany to the Netherlands or viceversa, it would be ignoring the problem of dialect differences to split it up based on countries.
Mark
On 28/06/05, Wouter Steenbeek musiqolog@hotmail.com wrote:
Sure, it sucks.
Note that the second text should probably suck more, since it's already in Dutch orthography (if you select the other option at the top of the page, it'll convert it to German).
While a lot of people behind a project does inevitably make it more viable, I think that it's still best to try to avoid a division of labour whenever possible.
Mark
Well, I would agree with you if the Dutch and German variants were all more similar. If this separate wiki is created, efforts will only be duplicated when on both versions an article on the same topic has been written in the same main variant.
Wouter
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