On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:45 PM, M. Williamson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Let me add to this that some of the same people compared my actions, in > supporting a technical move to change the ISO code of a Wikipedia, to those > of a group of Turkish soldiers who attempted to murder Kurdish women and > children. This game of nationalism and accusations is nothing new on > Wikipedia. I have been called a Russian, a Soviet, a Jew, a Kurdish > nationalist and many other things. > > I was even told once that I was an official enemy of the Romanian people and > that my name and face had been stored in a secret Romanian government > database of enemies of the Romanian nation and that I would be targeted for > elimination. So please, let's keep nationality out of this. I am not Turkish > but I am a linguist and a geek and this move makes linguistic and technical > sense. I am more a supporter of the aspirations of peoples to be > independent, but I'd rather not take sides in every single geopolitical > conflict because this does not need to be tied to that. It is a simple > technical and linguistic issue with two options for a solution that should > be chosen based on common sense, not nationalist sentiments or loyalties, > and I have chosen my side without those unnecessary influences. > >
Mark, your objections would make sense if I had only said "Oh by the way, he's Turkish." I didn't. As a matter of fact, White Cat has an extensive history of being subject to dispute resolution, editing restrictions, blocks etc. for disruptive editing with a Turkish nationalist point of view. While I do understand that you may disagree, I personally think that strongly held biases in the matter at hand are relevant to the decision he asks the community to make. Nathan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
