By the way, I find it interesting that Steven mentioned that there are some editors on Incubator currently at Wp/arn. It seems like not all the speakers object that strongly to it that they feel they can't contribute.
2017-05-19 0:24 GMT+02:00 Maor Malul <[email protected]>: > For Wayuunaiki speakers, GUC comes from Guajiro, also a derogatory term > imposed by the Spaniards. Again, the definition of maturity is clear, this > issue has been going around for years, and they prefer not to have a > Wikipedia with a code they find derogatory...a code, for Pete's sake! > > I will check again with Wikimedia Chile, but I know the answer already: No > Wikipedia in ARN. > > > Sent from my HTC > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Milos Rancic" <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Language Committee" <[email protected] > > > Subject: [Langcom] Notes from the Berlin meeting > Date: Fri, May 19, 2017 1:15 AM > > On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 11:59 PM, Maor Malul <[email protected]> wrote: > > I find it outrageously narrow-minded that the Chileans won't accept a > > Wikipedia in Mapudungun because they find the code offensive. So, they care > > more about the code than having a Wikipedia? Come on..if they disagree with > > the code, present their case to the JAC or whoever takes care of that. We > > should not waste our resources in doing something they have refused to do > > themselves. As a speaker of two minority languages, one of them aboriginal, > > I can't care less about the code as long as we have the wiki, and I have > > discussed the subject with my Wayuunaiki-speaking friends, and they dislike > > "guc", because is a name imposed by the Spaniards, but they can live with > > it. The code LAD is used for Ladino, but we don't use that name in the > > language, we use Djudeo-Espanyol or simply Espanyol, and we can still live > > with it despite the other name ignores the North African dialects. > > > > I oppose using movement resources to request something that is neither our > > responsibility, nor is a mature request. > > One thing is using the code based on not preferred exonym, the other > thing is forcing usage of the code based on the exonym treated as > derogatory. > > JAC doesn't care about that. > > I suppose you have the definition of maturity. > > Also, may you check the issue with folk from Wikimedia Chile before replying? > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > >
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