On Sun, 2004-05-30 at 19:19, Erik Moeller wrote:
Attacking anyone who disagrees with you is not.
Unless I've missed some part of the discussion you're the one who "attacked" on the issue by shutting down one wikipedia language.
These guidelines were written in 2001, when many widely spoken natural languages did not have wikis yet. To apply them to a case like Klingon and the many other obscure conlangs that people want to push is absurd.
Unless there's consensus to change this rule, it still applies: looks like a fundamental and sound principle to me. You broke it, and lots of people are unhappy with good reasons for such an impolite act.
People with technical power should not do what you've done, this is potentially very damaging for wikipedia reputation. I sincerely hope you'll revert your change and apologize.
Not to mention that in the dicussion you pointed to (thanks BTW) someone said that this old rule has been successfully applied to newer wiki like wikitravel, so I do not see why you're attacking this position with words like "absurd".
Sincerely,
Laurent