Also, I'd like to add: I feel it is deceptive that you use a pseudonym (Moldovan for "Moldovan Citizen") rather than your real name. What do you have to hide? Using your real name gives you more credibility.
Mark 2009/2/7 Mark Williamson <node...@gmail.com>: > 2009/2/7 Cetateanu Moldovanu <cetatean...@gmail.com>: >> The point is you did not the yet renamed mo to mo-cyrl as stated here ( >> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2008-November/047554.html). > > "You"? I hope you realize this is a mailinglist. The majority of > people who are getting these e-mails aren't capable of making such a > change, myself included. This is just an annoyance for most of us. > >> I'll send a remind every month, I want to let you know this is important for >> us. > > I think we understand that already. However, the developers are very > busy. It's on their radar, they will do it eventually. > >> Also I feel responsible for this, since I wrote on my blog that >> "mo.wikipedia becomes mo-cyrl.wikipedia" in November 2008, everyone was >> happy, but It's February now and the change didn't come. > > Give it more time. In English there is a saying, "good things come to > those who wait". Patience, please. > >>>Mark Williamson >>>the way that most Moldavian-language schools >>>teach Moldavian children to use Cyrillic in that territory >> And if a English school in some country ruled by a army start to teach their >> children to write English in Arabic, would you change en.wikipedia to Arabic >> script too ? > > If that were the case, I wouldn't object to having a such a version of > Wikipedia. Why should I? If it's being taught to children. > >> You should know that in Transitria there's a Russian army, and >> it's not a democratic country(even if they say so), if you'll try to do any > > I don't care about the politics, that is irrelevant here. I can read > Moldovan, and I have read all of your blogs and many of the articles > related to this Wikipedia, and I have seen how people call it "Soviet > Wikipedia" and things like that. However, when considering such > issues, politics are not considered relevant by the Wikimedia > Foundation. What is relevant is whether or not people actually are > using a language, and that is very clear in this situation, although > it is also clear that most of those people have no Internet access. > >> protest there here is what happening "In September 2007, the leader of the >> Transnistrian Communist party, Oleg >> Horjan<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oleg_Horjan&action=edit&redlink=1>, > > I'm familiar with the situation. > >> Also did you know "Despite the fact that Moldovans are around a third of >> Transnistrian population, no ethnic Moldovans are members in the >> Transnistrian council of ministers." > > It's true that ethnic Moldavians are underrepresented in the PMR > government, but it's absolutely false to say that they aren't present > at all. There are certainly Moldavian politicians in PMR. Also, > independent polls by Western organizations show very clearly that the > vast majority of Moldavian inhabitants of the area under PMR control > support PMR independence. > >> "Transnistrian local authorities insist that public education for ethnic >> Moldovans in their mother tongue is done using the Soviet-originated Moldovan >> Cyrillic alphabet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldovan_Cyrillic_alphabet>, >> having restricted the usage of the Latin >> script<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_script> >> " > > That paragraph isn't exactly NPOV. > >> A foreign power cannot decide in witch script our language on mo.wikipedia >> should be. > > A foreign power? > >> And since in "Transnistrian council of ministers" there is no moldovian >> representant, they have no right to say in witch script moldovans there >> should be write, and I call you to delete mo.wikipedia for ever. > > This is somewhat deceptive. There are indeed Latin-script schools in > PMR area, as far as I am aware, although they are small in number. > Demand is not as huge as you imply; most people have more pressing > concerns (such as putting food on the table). > > Mark > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l