Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Ray,
> My point today was that it would be good if all wiktionarie are
> converted to UTF-8. When you read what was said by Tim Starling, it
> refers to UTF-8. That you think that I winge is beside the point, the
> point is that UTF-8 will solve issues. My alphabet soup I acquired the
> hard way, I worked for it and it allows me to say things from
> experience about maintaining data in an IT environment..
>
> If you want to discuss anything meaningfull, talk about UTF-8. The
> rest is bullshit. Argument for: it eases programming and maintenance.
> It allows for the creation of articles with names like ჰოლანდიური or
> ភាសាហុលឍង់េដ or 네델란드어. The only drawback is that these characters
> will not be seen in an URL.
>
> Please be constructive and keep to what is at issue. If you think
> conversion to UTF-8 is not a good move, let us please know why not.
>
> Thanks,
> GerardM
Nobody is seriously arguing against UTF-8, so please don't make up a
story about my being against it. Just curb your impatience.
UTF-8 was not mentioned in Tim's comments. Do I need to qute his entire
comment for you to understand that? My complaint is about a discussion
on one subject which is hijacked to pretend to be something completely
different.
Ec