[Wikipedia-l] Problem in the Yiddish Wikipedia

[Mark Williamson]

The edits in question:

Blanked אַמעריקאַ ("America"; contents were: א [[קאנטינענט]] "A [[continent]]")
Replaced contents of ר' זושא פון אניפאלי ("Reh Zusha fun Lyzensky")
with "{{delete}}" (Contents were: א ברודער פון [[ר' אלימלך פון
ליזענסק]] "A brother of [[Reh Alymlk fun Lyzensky]]")
Replaced contents of ר' אלימלך פון ליזענסק ("Reh Alymlk fun Lyzensky")
with "{{delete}}" (Contents were: א ברודער פון [[ר' זושא פון
אניפאלי]]. "A brother of [[Reh Zusha fun Lyzensky]]")
Replaced contents of בריטני ספיערס ("Britney Spears") with
"{{delete}}" (Contents were: א פאפולערע זינגערין "A popular singer")

Note, however, that I left untouched contributions by the same user at
around the same time of actual value, such as
http://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%A2%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%9F

When my contributions were reverted by the user who wrote these
articles, I did not engage in any sort of revert war.

I discussed these actions with Jamesday prior to Angela's granting
Danny sysophood on a Wikipedia for a language he does not know.

When I respectfully (note the respectfully) requested that Danny
remove the contents of http://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Node_ue which
he posted, he said he would when I apologised to Acheir for replacing
those pages with delete messages.

When I told him I'd actually already apologised and am now engaged in
discussions with this user, he told me that that was too bad because
he had not contacted the user and that, "since i dont intend to" (he),
"you are kinda stuck".

Mark

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:12:07 EST, daniwo59 at aol.com <daniwo59 at aol.com> wrote:
> I am very sad that I have to report this, but Node is deleting stub articles
> in the Yiddish wikipedia. This happens to be a language that I can read, so I
> know what the text says. Yes, they are stubbish, but they are the beginnings
> of articles, and at least there is some activity. I do not know why Node has
> decided to delete those articles, as there is no explanation. It doesnt matter
> if it is a stub about Reb Elimelech of Lizensk or Brittaney Spears (both of
> which he deleted by the way).
> 
> To Node, I am asking you to stop dealing with languages you do not know. Let
> the smaller language Wikipedias grow naturally, without interference from
> non-speakers.
> 
> Danny
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