[Foundation-l] Klassical Chinese

[Ting Chen]

Please take care of your wording. Maybe someone sorted something wrong, 
maybe you sorted something wrong. There is no need to call other people 
lyer, not in this mailing list. Thank you very much.

Crazy Lover wrote:
> This is a complete lie. langcom already exists when a classical chinese wikipedia was created.
>
> Please see this link:
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> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Classical_Chinese
>
> c.m.l.
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>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Tim Starling <tstarling at wikimedia.org>
> To: foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2008 3:50:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Klassical Chinese
>
> 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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