[Foundation-l] mo.wikipedia.org

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
Removing the mo.wikipedia.org is something I would at this stage in the game
prefer.

There are languages with multiple scripts. There are even languages that
support multiple scripts in the User Interface. Accepting texts in mulitple
scripts is a great way of bringing a language community together. It is not
easy and MediaWIki does not support properly but it is done.

The issue with MediaWiki support is that when Cyrillic and Arabic script
texts are mixed in the text, the script should be properly supported in the
text box part of the article. When two scripts are mixed, it is possible to
indicate what script / orthography / dialect the text is in. Standard
MediaWiki does not support this. I understand that there is an extension
that DOES allow for this. It would be good for the projects involved to have
such support.
Thanks,
        Gerard

2008/11/19 phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com>

> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Gerard Meijssen
> <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hoi,
> > All projects are started with consent of the board. I take it that the
> board
> > has the final say on blocking / removing projects.  I can imagine that
> the
> > WMF office / organisation takes this decision on there own accord. These
> are
> > the two who have the power to establish facts.
> > Thanks,
> >     GerardM
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Michael Everson <everson at evertype.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> The powers that be, Gerard?
> >>
> >> Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
>
> Because I'm sure the Board will be *thrilled* to get involved in a
> dispute that involves nationalism, factionalism, complicated
> linguistics, hurt feelings, confusion about what's "true", and heated
> debate and assumptions of poor faith on all sides. Come on. How is the
> Board supposed to determine what the best outcome is when the
> community members involved can't get anywhere near consensus? (Or can
> they? I confess to not reading these threads closely). Our Board
> members work hard on behalf of the projects, but they are not
> specially endowed with the ability to second-guess the ISO, to make
> decisions for community members about what to call the language they
> speak, or (alas!) to prevent deep-rooted drama about such matters.
> It's easy to think that things would be so much easier if only the
> right person was in charge so *someone* could make a decision... but
> that is not the way our projects work. Instead, (as you know, Gerard)
> people step up to work on the issues that interest them. Sure, the
> Board could choose to nuke all the Wikipedias where people can't agree
> on what language they are written in. But that's not so much of a
> solution as a "please shut up about this issue already!" statement.*
>
> -- phoebe
>
> * Which, I grant you, as an uninvolved party seems pretty darn
> appealing some days.
>
> p.s. Aren't some of the wikis in two or more scripts? I recall that at
> least a couple of them have multiple tabs at the top where you can
> switch between scripts if you like. Is that somehow not an option in
> this case?
>
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