[Wikipedia-l] Voting for the closing down of Moldovan Wikipedia

Tue Mar 7 11:42:12 UTC 2006

Moldovan only exist politically, not linguistically so I've been told
(confirmed by Moldovans). I don't think that is a good 'starting point' to
set up a wiki (not very neutral as Wikipedia says it should be)

Serv

2006/3/7, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com>:
>
> > It seems that I need to justify my participation in this discussion.
> >  I have two arguments for it:
> >  1. Fluency in Moldovan.  By any linguistic standards I speak  the
> Moldovan
> >  dialect of Romanian (with the accent). And I do it correctly. This fact
> alone
> >  should allow me to participate in the vote and discussions. I can even
> read and write using cyrillic script. Correctly. :)
>
> Somehow I doubt you are able to read and write "correctly" in Cyrillic.
>
> >  2.  I have relatives in the Republic of Moldova, and I know what they
> have
> >  no linguistic identity problems. Just take a look in the list of
> Moldovan
> >  editors: regardless of official politics (aimed at preserving good
> relations
> >  with Russia), not one is for a moldovan wikipedia.
>
> Five or six "Moldovan editors" voted. There is no proof that they are
> all separate people or that they are all even Moldovans. Some of them
> barely have 25 edits, or registered within the duration of the vote.
> Anyhow, even if they were all confirmable as real people with hundreds
> of edits, 6 editors voting for the deletion of a Wikipedia are hardly
> enough for it to be a for-sure thing.
>
> >  3. My participation into this discussion was subject to one strong
> rule: I have never entered in conflict with a Moldovan editor, for I believe
> they have the moral authority to do what they want with mo.wiki. What I
> have done was in line with their requirements.
>
> That's because you've downright never communicated with a Moldovan
> editor. They are elusive creatures. The only ones who make more than
> the occasional appearance aren't living in Moldova, examples being
> Oleg Alexandrov (California) and Liviu Andronic (Toulouse). Then there
> is Serhio Dudnic (who is in Chisinau), but he didn't want to get
> involved and all he said is that although he claims to speak Romanian,
> he believes everybody can choose their own name (more or less).
>
> All other Moldovan editors showed up and then left within a matter of
> days; some made only one edit.
>
> There are a couple of exceptions. But including all of the Moldovan
> editors, there are a few who do support a Moldovan-Cyrillic WP, and a
> few who are ambivalent.
>
> Mark
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