I don't think that's particularly relevant. At least 30% of Moldovans claim to speak Moldovan as their mother tongue.
Perhaps as a language separate from Romanian, it exists only politically, but as a linguistic entity, it certainly exists truly.
One could easily move the Cyrillic content to a "Romanian in Cyrillic Wikipedia", but that would be absurd -- every person who writes or has ever written this language in Cyrillic, calls it Moldovan.
It's essentially an issue of naming that you're bringing up, while the bigger issue at hand is one of Cyrillic script and politics.
Mark
On 07/03/06, Servien Ilaino servien@gmail.com wrote:
Moldovan only exist politically, not linguistically so I've been told (confirmed by Moldovans). I don't think that is a good 'starting point' to set up a wiki (not very neutral as Wikipedia says it should be)
Serv
2006/3/7, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com:
It seems that I need to justify my participation in this discussion. I have two arguments for it:
- Fluency in Moldovan. By any linguistic standards I speak the
Moldovan
dialect of Romanian (with the accent). And I do it correctly. This fact
alone
should allow me to participate in the vote and discussions. I can even
read and write using cyrillic script. Correctly. :)
Somehow I doubt you are able to read and write "correctly" in Cyrillic.
- I have relatives in the Republic of Moldova, and I know what they
have
no linguistic identity problems. Just take a look in the list of
Moldovan
editors: regardless of official politics (aimed at preserving good
relations
with Russia), not one is for a moldovan wikipedia.
Five or six "Moldovan editors" voted. There is no proof that they are all separate people or that they are all even Moldovans. Some of them barely have 25 edits, or registered within the duration of the vote. Anyhow, even if they were all confirmable as real people with hundreds of edits, 6 editors voting for the deletion of a Wikipedia are hardly enough for it to be a for-sure thing.
- My participation into this discussion was subject to one strong
rule: I have never entered in conflict with a Moldovan editor, for I believe they have the moral authority to do what they want with mo.wiki. What I have done was in line with their requirements.
That's because you've downright never communicated with a Moldovan editor. They are elusive creatures. The only ones who make more than the occasional appearance aren't living in Moldova, examples being Oleg Alexandrov (California) and Liviu Andronic (Toulouse). Then there is Serhio Dudnic (who is in Chisinau), but he didn't want to get involved and all he said is that although he claims to speak Romanian, he believes everybody can choose their own name (more or less).
All other Moldovan editors showed up and then left within a matter of days; some made only one edit.
There are a couple of exceptions. But including all of the Moldovan editors, there are a few who do support a Moldovan-Cyrillic WP, and a few who are ambivalent.
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