[Wikipedia-l] Individual Wikipedias for different Sinitic vernaculars (Cantonese debate) - update

Tue Jan 25 20:34:36 UTC 2005

Hi all,

In this e-mail I don't want to personally introduce new arguments but
I want people to know that further debate on this topic is continuing
at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages

Some speakers of these languages have lent their support: Steve,
Instantnood, and Felix Wan for Yue/Cantonese, and Nishishei,
Pangguanzhe, and alaya for Wu/Shanghainese (Wu also includes the
varieties of the surrounding areas including for example Suzhou).

Interestingly, on that page, no native speakers have directly
condemned the idea (only direct opposition is from Shizhao), although
Toytoy, a Cantonese speaker, has some concerns.

Mark