On 7/27/06, Beth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think it Is a mistake to simplify if there are standard rules known. [...] I think we need to respect the language and artist for each demographic and culture if infact we are going to respect any.
I absolutely agree with this. The problem is that this particular case there is no single set of rules. I just read through most of the French wiki pages on the subject, and this comes very clearly from the discussion pages: there is no single standard. The several authorities in the matter simply don't agree on the matter. Some systems are even impossible to correctly represent with our software (for example, one system calls for "the Noun" in a sentence and "The Noun" when the same title starts the sentence). I've even seen systems calling for the capitalization of all nouns in French too. In such cases I think we do have to think hard and pick one system. And when we have that oportunity, I think the only justified choice is to pick the simple one. (I'll say that again: I don't advocate simplifying anything. I advocate simplifying whenever there is no good reason to do it the hard way. If there existed a standard of French capitalization, uniformity would have been a good reason to follow it. Since there isn't (or rather, there are several), the best choice is the simplicity.) I could even agree to what is currently the standard on Wikipedia, with the argument that if there are several standards we could choose the one closest to us (open, editable content). But we don't, and even the wikipedians disagree on what the rules are. Make no mistake, our current rules are simpler, and they don't really agree with Wikipedia. -- Bogdan Butnaru — [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I think I am a fallen star, I should wish on myself." – O.
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