elephantus wrote:
But I really think that you should
respect the will of a great majority of the three peoples
and not try to force a common identity or language upon us.
I do think we should try to respect the will of a great majority of the
three peoples, but my sense of it is that the great majority of people
do not think that it is wise that we have three separate wikipedia
editions. The language is written in different ways, but by any
rational standard, it is the same language, it is mutually
understandable with some words pronounced differently.
I strongly support Milos in his efforts to provide a technical solution
to the question of different ways of writing.
Proclaiming the many contributors to the three
Wikipedias
and other ordinary folks "nationalists" because they decided
to go their separate ways shows a certain lack of respect or
detailed and nuanced knowledge about things.
It is indeed unfair to call anyone "nationalists" for such a flimsy
reason. But it is also worth nothing that no one "decided to go their
separate ways". The reason we have Serbian and Croatian and Bosnia(n/k)
Wikipedias is simple historical accident and unfortunate blind following
of the ISO language codes, which we had hoped would give us good guidance.
--Jimbo