[Wikipedia-l] Why MO.wikipedia. - Moldovan, are written in cyrillic ?

Tue Dec 6 20:54:43 UTC 2005

Thanks for your reply, V. Ivanov!

> You probably don't know the history of the language well.

That's right. I didn't mean to cause any other impression. Neither did 
I want to question the existance of content in Cyrillic in general. I only 
wanted to point out that the discontentment with the current way Wikipedia 
handles this issue ought to be taken seriously.

> You probably don't know the history of the language well. In fact both
> Romanian and Moldovans has been Orthodox Christians and used Cyrillic
> script for several ages.

I knew that the Cyrillic script had been used in Moldova before the Soviet
era. I must admit that the fact that it has been used in Romania as well is 
completely new to me.

> By the way, do you know much about the unfree days? They were not totally that "unfree".
> :) Be more neutral. ;)

Of course I don't know so much about them for I grew up in Western Europe. 
What I do know is the way officials (not the people in general, of course!) 
treated us and other tourists during a visit in the Eastern Bloc (I could tell 
some appalling things but they don't belong here). I also remember how 
every how each and every letter we sent to friends at other side of the 
"Iron Curtain" (or that they sent to us) was opened and read by people 
for whom it was not intended. Or how there was a third person in every phone call. 
Or how the secret service stole Christmas or birthday gifts we sent to our friends. 

But maybe I should have been a little more careful with my wording nevertheless,
like your reaction shows.

Cheers,

Arbeo

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