Alexander Cajcyc wrote:
AC> Recently the Belarusian "Classical" [as it is called by its users] AC> orthography got its ISO-code, that is be-tarask:
Not pure ISO-code, but if the subtag for the language variant was registered, is it really so very difficult just to rename several files to the final variant? This is also wanted by the users of this orthography. You yourself can see the variant "be-x-old" don't look nice, and another exists and this is the opinion of the users who want to work in this Wikipedia. Please, just do this simple thing and these people became happier.
Lars Aronsson wrote:
LA> I'm speaking from experience, when I recommend the LA> "be-tarask" community to *consider* the option of leaving LA> Wikipedia and setting up shop on their own server or on a hosting LA> provider such as Wikia. Note however: I'm not recommending you to LA> leave, I'm recommending you to *consider* this option. What would LA> it mean for you? It could mean more freedom, being able to do LA> things your way, not being subject to the policies of the LA> Foundation. It would certainly mean isolation, as you would no LA> longer be part of Wikipedia, the internationally renown free LA> encyclopedia. Would the freedom be worth this? It's your choice.
The problem is why all these people should leave? Sure, the old Belarusian Wikipedia can easily be shut down, but I hope the people who assume now to do it will understand that this is the years of work of hundered people. And till now they cannot even have a thougth that their articles in some day will become "not acceptable". I can't see now the ability to set up a new server like Wikipedia in Belarus. And after this to start again from the very beginning.
LA> And ultimately: Would the chance to stay within Wikipedia be worth LA> the sacrifice to cooperate with the community of speakers of LA> official Belarusian? Instead of hating their spelling?
Why do you think the users of the classical orthography hate the users and the oficial orthography? After Yury's claims? But this is not really so. If you want a real example, about 9 months ago, when the separation began, the users of the old Belarusian Wikipedia was against any separation and wanted to cooperate. Personally I use the classical orthography, but I don't hate the official orthography at all. It's existing doesn't offend me. And the majority of the Betarusian classical orthography users have nearly the same opinion. But the people who use the official orthography really *hate* the classical one, and it offends them even by it's existing.
The situation changed a little after the old Belarusian Wikipedia was moved to be-x-old. But this doesn't mean that all the users of the classical orthography began to hate the official orthography. Of course, not. The began to hate personally Mr. Tarasievich and other four people who favoured the official orthography, wanted to separate then, and now placed in jeopardy the word of hundered people during 3 years.
Sorry for inconvenience.
Jaska Zedlik