[Wikipedia-l] Request for new Wikipedia: Friulian

[A. Decorte]

Scrive Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>:
> 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

Yes, this is right and that's why I came on the mailing list, to show that
there
is one someone interested who can speak friulian. 
Regards