[Wikipedia-l] About creating a new language on Wikipedia

[James R. Johnson]

English spoken in one country (USA) is the same as in another (England).  There are dialect differences, pronunciation differences, vocabulary, but I can understand an Englishman (unless he says 'Congress are'! :) ), and he can understand me.  I can talk to an Aussie, and she can talk to me.  It seems to be the case as well for Valencian and Catalan.  Same as for Brazilian and Portugal-based Portuguese.  There are vocabulary and perhaps spelling differences, but it's still Portuguese.

James


-----Original Message-----
From: wikipedia-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Francis Tyers
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 9:06 AM
To: wikipedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] About creating a new language on Wikipedia

Hi,

You can contribute articles in Valencian to the Catalan-Valencian
Wikipedia, on your culture, on the differences between Valencian and
Catalan. 

I'm not saying Valencian is Catalan. I'm saying that there is a
Catalan-Valencian Wikipedia and you should contribute to that in
Valencian. 

I consider American as different to English, but I still value the fact
that both American, English, Australian, and all the other Englishes,
including the English of second language speakers can be found on the
English Wikipedia. It is vital for a neutral point of view, which is one
of Wikipedia's main policies. 

Regards,

Fran

On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 14:38 +0200, Carlos Navarro wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Our friends and I we're very surprised about the answers replied to my mail
> account because we consider Valencian different to Catalan and that's why we
> want to start our Wikipedia. We have a lot of articles and info explaining
> those differences, we have our culture, different to Catalonian culture, our
> traditions and our celebrations. We want to put this in our Wikipedia, but
> first you must understand that Valencian is not Catalan. I repeat the
> answer: Anybody can help?
> 
> Thanks for the replies,
> 
> Carlos.
> 
> 
> 2007/7/5, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > The intention is that you may use ca.wikipedia.org.
> >
> > It is actually started by Valencians, and prominent writers there are
> > Valencian.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On 04/07/07, Carlos Navarro Mallach <carlos.navarro.mallach at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi all there,
> > >
> > > I want to create a new version of Wikipedia in my mother language,
> > > Valencian, but I don't know how to do it. I've searched for my language
> > > and I haven't found it. Anybody can help me? I've a lot of friends
> > > anxious for writing in our language.
> > >
> > > Thank you very much and sorry about my english......
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Carlos.
> > >
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