[Foundation-l] Re: New language policy

Wed Nov 23 11:22:01 UTC 2005

ilooy wrote:
> Hi to all fellow wikipedians,
> 
> When considering the case of an Andalusian
> Wikipedia and how the vote is going at:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages
> Here are some highlights:
> 
> 1. A lot of (N) native speakers support it
> 2. Opposers are non-speakers.
> 3. Many opposers are Castilian speakers.
> 4. Andalusian pre-dates the Reconquest of Spain by the "Catholic
> Kings" (Castile-Aragon) it is not a "new dialect of Castilian".
> 5. There are actual writing systems already in use on the internet
> which represent Andalusian speech and showcase its differences with
> Castilian.
> 
> These reasons alone would speak well
> for the creation of an Andalusian Wikipedia.
> Give it a try, I say, maybe a "try-out" and see.
> 
> With regards,
> Jay B.
> [[en:User:ILVI]]

Hi Jay,

In your analysis, would you consider it a problem if some of the (N) 
native speakers do not have any accounts on any wikimedia project and 
are likely to be sockpuppets ? Or not at all ?

Ant