[Foundation-l] On Arabic and sub-language proposals.

[Ting Chen]

Muhammad Alsebaey wrote:
> It is not a political stand that the first body of written non-fiction work
> published in Egyptian Arabic will be on Wikipedia? I said before that there
> is an ongoing debate in Egypt about the adoption of Egyptian Arabic as
> written in addition to being spoken in order to bolster the national
> identity of Egypt. This debate is currently dead in the water AFAIK, with a
> lot of argument going for and against. Wikipedia hosting the first
> non-fiction written work *is* a political stand in this debate IMHO.
>
>   
No, in no way. You must simply understand that we do not make decisions 
because one politiker want something is true or another politiker want 
something to be wrong. If your concern is a political, then I give 
Gerard right. We follow international standards. If you have a problem. 
Go to ISO and complain there.

Ting