You didn't read Djordje's edit?
Yes, but I'm not sure it's relevant.
On 11/7/05, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
The whole reason this is so ridiculous is that you are threatening to remove your status simply b/c of this one thing.
No, this is important issue. Djordje is not dangerous person when we are talking about realiability of Wikipedia, but you are very dangerous, as well as people similar to you.
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And I would say you are just as dangerous. You seek to further your anti-Zlatiborian agenda by attacking the Zlatiborian cause and pretending that the glorious Zlatiborian language doesn't even exist!
Without _any_ knowledge about situation (nor political nor linguistic), you are ready to believe in reasonable explained hoaxes. And this would not be the problem if you keep this for yourself. It becomes the big problem when you start to advocate for such things.
"Without any knowledge about situation"... that sounds like somebody who's being bitter because I disagree with them. Did you evaluate *all* of the possibilities? Is it really reasonable to assume that, just because I support the creation of a Zlatiborian Wikipedia, that I have 0 knowledge about the situation? After all, Danka, SellackAlex, and others supported it... does that mean they have 0 knowledge??
Note that I voted for opening Cantonese Wikipedia only because you and one person more explained that there is different writing system. As I
Yes, and we provided huge amounts of detail. There are articles we provided which explain it even further. All you said was things like "Zlatiborian is the same as Serbian" or "Zlatiborian is a dialect" or whatever. No detailed explanations or demonstrations... so far, the Zlatiborians have demonstrated their claims more than you have demonstrated yours. Not only did they show some key differences between Zlatiborian and Serbian, but they started a test Wikipedia in their beautiful language. They have provided translations to me from Serbian, from which I can see the differences and confirm that Zlatiborian is indeed different to Serbian.
Now, if you expect me to believe what you're saying, you need to demonstrate your case further, which so far you have not done whatsoever.
don't know anything about linguistic situation in China, I trusted to both of you and considered that people who were opposing -- are Chinese nationalists. When I make relation between this case and Zlatiborian case, I am afraid that I voted for another hoax. Am I right?
No, you're wrong. The difference is that even people WITHIN China has voted "for" the creation. The vast majority of voters still support a Cantonese Wikipedia. This would not happen for a hoax.
And what about some Nigerian villages or ten names for one language in India?
Some Nigerian villages *do* have their own languages. Ten names for one language... that's strange, you don't create different WPs for names. Even if you consider Zlatiborian an *accent*, as some Serbian nationalist extremists and other anti-Zlatiborists seem to, it is more than a "name" for Serbian.
So, this is the issue of scientific competency of Wikimedian projects. If we officially recognize that we are the part of that, we officially recognize such cases like "Zlatiborian Wikipedia".
Uhh... perhaps it would be better to consider these actions if and when a Zlatiborian Wikipedia is created, rather than saying "OMG people are discussing it!!! And the majority have voted against!!! The sky is falling!!! FEAR! ABORT MISSION!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH"
And I don't want to be in conversation like:
Me: There are more then 100 different language editions of Wikipedia! Someone: And how many of them are Zlatiborian?
I don't want to be the part of scientific non-relevant project. This is not the issue of Zlatiborian.
Uhh... it seems to me like it is. Now, if the majority votes against a ZB.WP in the end, there is absolutely 0 reason for you to continue with this action. Sure, if the majority votes *for* it, you may lose all hope in humanity.
Note, also, that Djordje is bureaucrat on Serbian Wikipedia.
Yes, and Walter van Kalken is a sysop on the Thai WP. Yet, Dutch is not a dialect of Thai... being a B.C or S.O on a Wikipedia, does not mean it's your native language.
Mark
-- "Take away their language, destroy their souls." -- Joseph Stalin