[Wikipedia-l] Moldovan wikipedia, again

Sat Jun 24 18:16:00 UTC 2006

Hello Mark,

I'm not sure about this new user, but IMO, from the errors he/she
makes, I'd say he/she does not speak Romanian/Moldovan natively.

I just read one of his one-liners (Kamenka) and here are the errors:

* "locuieshte" instead of "locuiesc" (grammar mistake)
* "mai mult decat" instead of "peste" (different meaning)
* "funccioneaza" instead of "functzioneaza" (spelling mistake)
* "ocupatz'" instead of "ocupatzi" (spelling mistake)
* "care sunt ocupatzi in general in domeniul agriculturii" (not an
error, but awkward usage of the language)

Anyway, I don't see how would one user affect this. :-)

Saturday, June 24, 2006, 6:43:59 PM, you wrote:

MW> Their username is written in Moldovan Cyrillic. I don't know whether
MW> or not they're a native speaker, but they are the first person in a
MW> while besides me to create new pages in correctly-spelt Moldovan.

MW> I know I will get accusations from the Romanian camp of sockpuppetry;
MW> I assure you this is not my sockpuppet, you may check if you would
MW> like.

MW> Whoever this is, though, they've certainly made this whole thing more
MW> interesting for me, at least.