It can be summed up this way:
Most Bokmålites use no: for Bokmål and nn: for Nynorsk. Most Nynorskians use no: for *both*, nb: for Bokmål, and nn: for Nynorsk.
The intention is that no: should apply to the "Norwegian language".
Many (but by no means all) Bokmålites despise Nynorsk (a Norwegian must be proficient in both forms in order to graduate), and see Bokmål as "Norsk", THE Norwegian language, and Nynorsk as "Nynorsk", the Cinderella of the Scandinavian tongues (with the exception of those which are disputed, for example Jamskt, Scanian, Gutnish, etc. which some say are dialects and others say are languages, and Norn which is beyond this world), a unique Norwegian creation that to many Bokmålites is more of an annoying pest than it is an object of linguistic nationalistic pride.
Nynorskians, however, being a minority, see it slightly differently. Those who are passionate about Nynorsk may see Bokmål as not Norwegian at all and Nynorsk as *the* Norwegian, but I think most Nynorsk users see both Bokmål and Nynorsk as equally valid written varieties of the Norwegian language.
A technical solution might be a bit difficult.
I think the best idea is to create nb: paralell to no:. People can move those articles which are in Bokmål, and ONLY Bokmål will be allowed there. Pages on no: would continue to exist and new pages could be created, but...
Anyhow, I do *not* think it is OK to change the language name for no: from "Norsk" to "Norsk (Bokmål)", as it is NOT the Bokmål Wikipedia.
Mark
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:21:10 -0500, Henry H. Tan-Tenn share2002nov@lomaji.com wrote:
Brion Vibber ti 2004/11/10 EP 03:51 sia-kong:
On Nov 10, 2004, at 5:05 AM, Pochung(Pektiong) Chen(Tan) wrote:
In ISO 639-3 we will have nor= {nob, nno}, Norweigian (so called macrolanguage code) nob= Norweigian Bokmal nno= Norweigian Nynorsk
This doesn't really provide anything that ISO 639-1 doesn't already in no, nb, nn.
Utility aside, the "no" in ISO 639-1 may not be semantically identical to "nor" in ISO 639-3. Though how "no" has actually been used by Norwegian users is probably more relevant.
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