Some of the points you have presented are subjective, however the Moldo-Romanian linguistic identity is not a matter of debate. There is virtually not a single person who claims that formal written Moldovan differs from Romanian (as proven by the fact that Node directly transliterated articles from Ro to Mo with no "translation"). I don't really understand what research you carried out to come to your conclusion, but if you would consult any reference work (e.g. Moldovan language at en.wiki) you can find multiple sources emphasizing this point. The only issue truly at stake here is the usage of the cyrillic alphabet for writing Moldovan, and that issue is a bit more complex. I don't wish to go into the details of that aspect of the debate at this point as they have been thoroughly discussed, but I wouldn't want you to make your decision on an incorrect premise (that formal Moldovan and Romanian differ). Sabine Cretella <sabine_cretella(a)yahoo.it> wrote: 1) mo = ISO 639 language code for Moldovan - it refers solely to a language and not a territory (this seems to be mixed up every now and then) 2) like Mark already said, they would continue the project anyway, also outside the WMF (remember the contents is GFDL and may be used by anyone) ... well one point to consider is: if you want to assure NPOV than you need to have that project within the WMF - outside there is no more guarantee about NPOV 3) following a research among colleagues (translators) Moldovan is listed as a separate language when it comes to in which and from which language is being translated - so there must be a real difference, otherwise translators would just say "Romanian" 4) we have "native speakers" in several projects that have a lower written language knowledge (even if these people are to be considered of mother tongue), the reasons for this are several and different from country to country - many of them started to write their language again when the wikipedia was started and after some time they again gained a much better written level of that language, contributing to cultural diversity and helping to understand their culture - this also leads to better understanding of other people and therefore to less conflicts. Now considering these points (I could work out some more, but the main point for me is definitely NPOV) for me things are obvious ... but of course they cannot be obvious to all. Well, I'll be away for some days from tomorrow on - and anyway I already was too much involved in this and really don't want to get further involved - it is not a nice thread and I like positive things best. Best, Sabine Chiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale! http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/*http://it.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list Wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates.