It starts with him espousing his POVs.
I agree that this is mostly a Moldovan/Romanian POV on the current issue, still it does not lie in its statements. http://mo.wikipedia.org/wiki /Wikipedia:Alegeri. And this I can tell, knowing all "four languages" and having made my school in Moldova (the Transnistria issue is somehow specific).
Now, so far, of all the people who voted, the vast majority areRomanians.
How is that fair? Romanians get to decide the future of theMoldovan Wikipedia, but no *other* foreigners may weigh in?
Probably the vote on http://mo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Alegeri is not quite fair. However, Moldova and Romania are inherently linked together. Historically Bessarabia (the present day Republic of Moldova, with slight modifications of course) is to be part of Romania and it was a simple historical accident that at the time when Moldavia united with Wallachia (in 1859, which become the foundation of modern Romania), Bessarabia was incorporated into the Russian empire (starting with 1812). This accident was corrected after the First World War when Bessarabia decided to unite with - already - Romania. To be continued... This is a personal and probably very subjective view of my country's history.
My point is that Romanians have the necessary legitimacy to require essentially the same as Moldovans do: to delete this Wikipedia. Especially that it is about the Romanian language that we are talking about. But I do not want to commence here this already annoying debate.
However, I do not believe it is fair to interdict other Wikipedians to vote there. Nor do I agree much with the 25 necessary contributions to be made on mo.wiki or ro.wiki. Personally, I cannot vote at the moment, although I believe I quite have the right. Anyway, anyone can do them in a matter of an hour. Not necessarily knowing the language.
My thoughts: taking into consideration the current stubbornness of the two camps (those for and against the deletion of the mo.wikipedia) consensus cannot be reached in a normal way. A vote may solve this down. A properly organized vote.
Still, those for the deletion of the mo.wiki come mainly from Moldova and Romania. And both Moldovans and Romanians have legitimate demands. Even though some are currently abroad (some for already a long time, others - like me - have just left Moldova), they all know what language we are speaking in Moldova. And they all speak this language. I do not think that the other camp can boast with the same legitimacy. If you tell me that there are Moldovans between those supporting the Wikipedia, I can bet that these are primarily Russian language speaking persons. From Russian speaking families. I may be wrong. (I recall that the Russian speaking minority in Moldova... Well, they do not feel love towards Moldovans and especially towards those considering themselves Romanians).
Furthermore, initially the "for the deletion camp" wanted to make this Wikipedia disappear and not reappear in any form. Finally, on [Wikipedia-l] Why MO.wikipedia. - Moldovan, are written in cyrillic ? ( http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2005-December/042926.html ), we made a step backward and agreed to move the mo.wiki to a mo-cyr.wiki: it is agreed that this Moldovan Cyrillic language existed in its time (imposed) in MSSR and exists (is imposed) in Transnistria. This does not seem to satisfy the other camp.
This is an endless debate. The issue does not seem to interest much people on Wikipedia-I, especially those having the authority to make a change. And it does not get solved. And this is something that concerns our country and our language. And it is shown in a rather misinterpreted way on Wikipedia.
This is why Romanians and Moldovan's are getting angry from time to time; quite often, I think. This is why Wikipedia-I is flooded with issues surrounding the existence of the Moldovan Wikipedia. This is why pages like the one mentioned at the beginning of this message appear.
And problems around the Moldovan Wikipedia and a presumed Moldovan Cyrillic Wikipedia will appear as more Moldovans and Romanians discover it. Personally, when I saw it for the first time, I was nothing else but outraged.
And I am not that sure where will http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4409 lead to. Neither am I sure what is fairer: the vote under discussion or keeping this entire abnormal Wikipedia alive (personal opinion).
-- Liviu