One more - I really don't know why I'm finding my own
opinion so interesting today ;-)
Ronline wrote:
In fact, I think the isolation of Toki Pona and
Klingon from the Wikipedia community are both
negative
precedents that shouldn't be repeated again. It is
exactly this attitude that I am worried about, which
consists of two points:
1. That languages which aren't used predominantly
be
a
certain population aren't important and can be
treated
as "second-class", just because they
don't help in
the
narrow goal of making an encyclopedia accessible to
all. [...]
I can't really agree with you this time. Toki Pona and
Klingon simply _are_ part of a very different class of
languages than English or Romany. Thus, treating them
equally would be the same as if you treated a cat like
a dog or vice versa.
In my opinion, every natural language is at least
worth being considered for the purposes of
transferring knowledge here. But why should one want
to use a fictional language like Klingon for the
purpose of writing a non-fictional (online) book? Most
probably for entertainment reason only. A nice pastime
for those who like it, sure. But is a project
dedicated to information/knowledge really the right
place for that?
Arbeo
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