[Wikipedia-l] Moldovan Wikipedia

[Mark Williamson]

I agree with Olve on all counts, however, I'm worried about something:

What will be the reaction if the Romanian Wikipedia converts
automatically to Cyrillic? Not just among Wikipedians, but among
Romanians in general.

Mark

On 11/03/06, Olve Utne <olve.utne at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> First of all: Don't worry -- this is my one and only posting on this topic.
>
> The vote, while being clear in itself, has some VERY troublesome
> aspects to it. And it doesn't seem to address what ought to be the
> primary concern, namely to provide information to those
> Moldovan-speakers who read Cyrillic script better than Latin script.
>
> With the risk of being called names by some (please don't), I make
> the following honest proposal:
>
> 1) Let the Moldovan Cyrillic Wikipedia be locked *but accessible* for now.
>
> 2) Install a Latin--Cyrillic converter similar to the one on SR:WP on
> RO:WP. It does NOT need to be perfect, but it should render the text
> REASONABLY intelligible in Cyrillic. It also (at least for now) needs
> to work only from Latin to Cyrillic, since the editors seem to work
> almost exclusively in Latin script.
>
> 3) Make a little snippet on the main page of :ro: to note that one
> can view this WP in Cyrillic for the benefit of people in
> Transdnistria and whoever else might prefer viewing the contents in Cyrillic.
>
> 4) Then -- and ONLY then --, archive the Cyrillic version and make it
> an automatic redirect to :ro:.
>
>
> This will *respect the decision* made in the vote, while it also
> takes care of an important aspect which was left out of the process
> -- namely, making the information available to ALL
> Romanian-/Moldavian-speakers -- and especially those who may need
> such information the most...
>
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Olve Utne
>
> (from the admin team on Nynorsk Wikipedia)
>
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