Erik Moeller wrote:
Furthermore, if we allow Klingon to be created in this way - without consensus, clear rules or a vote - Elvish, "Modern Egyptian" and other nonsense languages will follow
We've already been through this. It is not up to you to decide that a language is "nonsense". In fact, it is quite impertinent of you to pass such unjustified judgement, especially seeing as you base it solely on the fact that it is constructed.
I *am* an avid Star Trek fan.
That is irrelevant to the discussion.
I do, however, recognize that there's a difference between the goal of creating a *useful*, multilingual encyclopedia and the goal of personal entertainment. I find it regrettable that many people seem to be unable to make that distinction.
Personal entertainment is the driving force that makes us create a useful, multilingual encyclopedia. I find it regrettable that you seem to be unable to comprehend that.
This notwithstanding, I have offered compromise solutions and a vote.
Many people have already told you why that kind of solution is neither fair nor just. If 3 people object and 100 people say they DON'T CARE, you are going to tell us the vote's result is "we will not have a Klingon Wikipedia", when in reality the result shows that THE VAST MAJORITY DOES NOT OPPOSE IT and hence there is nothing wrong with simply having it. You fail to see that an abstention in this kind of thing is a completely different thing from an abstention in an election. You seem to think that in order to counteract an opposition to having the wiki, there would have to be a majority of people actually wanting it. Out of the people who do not oppose the Xhosa Wikipedia, I wonder how many actually want it! By your logic, if I were to oppose to the idea of a Xhosa Wikipedia because I think it's a nonsense language, that would be enough to suspend it. This is the flaw in your logic.
It seems quite clear to me who in this debate is acting tyrannically.
You have as yet not convinced me how letting someone have something that is never going to affect you, your work, your life and your future, is in any way "tyrannical".
You have also as yet failed to explain why Toki Pona still exists and is not being shut down for the same reason, and is thus being treated with favouritism. That kind of thing is what I call tyrannical.
Timwi