Hello,
I feel that I need a clarification on wikipedia policies related to hobby wikipedias.
Consider the case of the Moldovan language. The Moldovan wikipedia has been created and
administered by Mark Williamson, which does not speak the language correctly. He copied
(and replaced the latin script with cyrillic) a lot articles from ro.wiki, just to create
what looks like a viable wikipedia. I presume exotic languages are a hobby for him, I have
no problem with this. Even originality is not a problem, given that the purpose of wiki is
to inform.
However, the Moldovan language is not extinct, so the oppinion of native speakers should
count. The problem being that no Moldovan-speaking wikipedia user supports Mark
Williamson. And when I say no user, I really mean that there is none. Actually, most
Moldovan users dislike the existence of this wiki, because the Moldovan language is
actually a creation of the Soviet authorities. To support this affirmation, note that
there is no registered Moldovan user on en.wiki, meta.wiki, and not even mo.wiki. :)
So, given that this hobby wikipedia actually hurts the very people it was intended to
help, is it normal that it remains online? I remind you once more that no actual Moldovan
supports it. By Moldovan speaker I mean a person able to
write Moldovan correctly.
I mean, if wikipedia policy is to grant users hobby wikipedias, Mark should get his, but
maybe not using the official ISO code.
Yours,
Dpotop
PS: I am sorry for bugging you with this, but some things discussed here must be clearly
said.
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