[Wikipedia-l] Request for new Wikipedia: Friulian

[Mark Williamson]

The only part that needs to come from people who know the language is
the content and the interface translations.

Mark

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 12:19:45 -0800, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> A. Decorte wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >Hello, I'm the user (Klenje) who was quoted at the beginning in the request;
> >I'm a friulian speaker, I'm active in italian wiki, and there are other friulian
> >people like me outside in the net (don't forget that Friulian is spoken by more
> >than half million people), therefore i think there is the chance for a decent
> >friulian wikipedia to be created; I can show you several site in friulian, and
> >if they aren't more, this is due to the policy of italian government which so
> >far doesn't promote minorities within Italy. Friulian speakers share this
> >problem with sardinian and sicilian ones, but in my opionion wikipedia could
> >help changing this situation; the only risk in creating a friulian wiki is the
> >possibility of vandalism, but every wiki is started from few users and there
> >are many ways to prevent it.
> >
> I don't think that there is wide objection to having a Friulian
> Wikipedia.  The validity of the language is solid.  My own objection to
> the initial proposal was based on the fact that the person doing all the
> promoting did not himself know the language.  The initiative,
> administration and other work to make such a project a success needs to
> come from people who know the language.
> 
> Ec
> 
> 
> 
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