[Foundation-l] Klassical Chinese

[Mark Williamson]

Exactly.

2008/9/4 Tim Starling <tstarling at wikimedia.org>:
> Ting Chen wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> since its creation I wondered why this happend. Why is there a classical
>> chinese Wikipedia? This language has no native speakers and is not used
>> by any relitious or official institution as official language.
>
> Because at the time it was created, we had not yet given GerardM and his
> team of rules lawyers the power to decide all wiki creation issues. There
> was a sentiment that we as a community should make our own decisions on
> language issues, rather than to delegate it to some standards body who
> might not have similar interests at heart. And some people held the
> opinion that while language study and preservation is not our core
> mission, it'd be nice if it happened anyway, especially if there is no
> significant cost to the organisation.
>
> -- Tim Starling
>
>
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