[Wikipedia-l] belarusian wikipedia (be and be-x-old)

Ян Марозаў janmarozau at gmail.com
Wed Mar 28 12:57:59 UTC 2007



it was very unfair pace to remove Belarusian Wikipedia to the domain  
be-x-old, because

1) it is the result of 3yrs volunteers work. it would be hard task to  
change interwikis, to renew medias
2) Belarusian Wikipedia isn't written in old grammar. both grammars are  
allowed to use in that variant of wikipedia.
the difference between grammars is less than between American and British  
English
3) creators of wikipedia only in official belarusian grammar have insisted  
on getting three-letters ISO-code domain bel.wp.org, leaving two-letters  
ISO-code for Belarusian wikipedia. Belarusian language is one.

so, i strongly reccomend:
- to move Belarusian Wikipedia back to be.wikipedia.org
- to give for belarusian wikipedia in official grammar domain  
bel.wikipedia.org and move it there

waiting for your kind reply



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