On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 00:38, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think White_Cat's nomination is purely without ulterior motive, > unfortunately. As some editors from ku.wp have alluded to, the issue of the > name and designation of the "Kurdish Wikipedia" has ethnic and nationalist > ramifications on both sides of the debate. Several of the ku.wp editors are > on one side of that debate, and White_Cat (who is Turkish) is traditionally > on the other.
The proposal is definitely a good faith one. I've read relevant articles about Kurdish political disputes and there is no [relevant] political dispute on the ethnolinguistic lines. Actually, Sorani area [1] in Iraq is actually held [2] by Patriotic Union of Kurdistan [3], which is supported by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) [4]. Northern area in Iraq is controlled by Kurdistan Democratic Party [5], supported by Turkey in Iraqi Kurdish Civil War [6]. If White Cat has pro-Turkish bias, he wouldn't support Sorani speakers, as they are "on PKK's side" and PKK is the archenemy of Turkey. However, much more relevant factor in inter-Kurdish disputes are personal and political feuds, not ethnic tension. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dialects.jpg [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iraq_kurdish_areas_2003_vector.svg [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Union_of_Kurdistan [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Workers%27_Party [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Democratic_Party [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdish_Civil_War _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
