[Foundation-l] Re: New language policy

[Anthere]

ilooy wrote:
> 2005/11/23, Anthere <Anthere9-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>:
> 
>>Hi Jay,
>>In your analysis, would you consider it a problem if some of the (N)
>>native speakers do not have any accounts on any wikimedia project and
>>are likely to be sockpuppets ? Or not at all ?
> 
> 
> Hi Anthere,
> I find it of interest that everytime the
> number of supporters increases by one
> so does the number of opposers (and
> by one at that), and if there is a problem
> with sockpuppetry, that it is happening
> on both sides.

Nod. I think the whole vote is unclear. I absolutely agree.


> I feel this is a very politically charged
> situation. I only want to add my voice
> in support of the right of Andalusians
> to have their own voice in this Wikipedia
> project. I am not interested in politics
> of any sort. And regret the situation
> which has developed with the Andalusian
> language request.

So do I :-(

> The matter should be about granting
> folks who want to contribute in their
> own language to this project the priviledge
> to do so, I'm sure you'd agree. And not
> about how people are bypassing conventions
> on voting practices.

nod.

> I do not like the sockpuppetry concerning
> this request for a new language, but I think
> it is indeed happening on both sides, and
> not just on this respective language request
> but also with others on the same page.

nod

> Strong guidelines would alleviate some
> of this, but may create other problems.
> For example the rule that languages must
> have an established standard written form,
> it may give guidance in respect to Andalusian,
> but it would also mean calling into question
> some already started wikipedia languages.
> 
> It is definitely not an easy situation. I don't
> want to get involved in politics. And I believe
> fairness, growth and quality would be the
> goal for this project.
> 
> With best regards,
> Jay B.
> [[User:ILVI]]

Agree all along with you... sigh

So, is there someone to start a proposal on meta and maybe we can hack 
it out there ?

Ant