Hi Mark!

Thanks for your quick reply. I wasn`t aware of the information on Reinhard's / Ron's personal home page, I had only read his bio...

This discussion has been going on for quite a while now. A multitude of arguments have been introduced. I have always appreciated your (and everyone else's) factual arguments, like you have appreciated mine (which I thank you for). This is part of an efficient discussion culture.

But we must also not forget that no discussion can ever be considered successful if it doesn't have a result. Frankly spoken, I can understand that more and more people are getting annoyed by the mere duration of this discussion. Noboby lives forever and we all have to live our lives outside the internet, too, so I think it's our responsibility to come to a conclusion now.

In any discussion with five or more participants, you can't expect to reach a point where everybody agrees on everything. Sad enough, but decisions have to be made anyway.

More often than not in a discussion there are views shared by a majority and views shared only by a minority. In my opion, any fair discussion culture implies that the majority respects, considers and evaluates the minority's position, which has happened in this case. The minority in turn, has the responsibility of accepting the majority's decision and not hindering its implementation.

In this case, the proportion majority-minority is more unambiguous than most other times. Users made a request for a Wikipedia in Dutch Low Saxon and nobody, neither here nor on Meta, apart from you was against it (please accept that standpoints of people not personally participating can't be counted in here). Of course, your opinion is as valuable as any other one but I ask you for the fairness to acknowledge that you are clearly outnumbered this time. No one likes that, but it's inevitable in life that you can't always have it your way. Hey, it's nothing personal !

Mark, we appreciate your commitment and knowledge here. I can assure and promise you that you will gain a sizable amout of additional respect within the community by accepting the majority's decision and clearing the way for its implementation now.

Regards

Boris

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