Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Pt-Portuguese Wikipedia

2010-03-22 Thread Milos Rancic
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Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Pt-Portuguese Wikipedia

2010-03-22 Thread oscar
it the two are mixed, how to know which one to split off? one can also consider to rename the domain and split of portuguese portuguese with a separate project to be started from scratch. in other words: to decide which (sub)community has to start all over is not an easy decision. very best,

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Pt-Portuguese Wikipedia

2010-03-22 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Having two wikipedias for the same language is not allowed within the rules of the language policy. The premise that an article on the pt.wikipedia.orgis in Portuguese Portuguese is a fallacy. It would be the same as stating that every article on the English language Wikipedia is in American

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Pt-Portuguese Wikipedia

2010-03-22 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
Gerard Meijssen wrote: Hoi, Having two wikipedias for the same language is not allowed within the rules of the language policy. The premise that an article on the pt.wikipedia.orgis in Portuguese Portuguese is a fallacy. It would be the same as stating that every article on the English

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Pt-Portuguese Wikipedia

2010-03-22 Thread Sir Lestaty de Lioncourt
Hello Milos, The languages pt-pt and pt-br, they do not have a significant difference (pt-pt in general have a C in the words and pt-br no, among other things not very important). The Portuguese Wikipedia have many internal problems and this is the reality for people always request a new wiki

[Foundation-l] [Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Flagged Protection: ready for more testing]

2010-03-22 Thread Cary Bass
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[Foundation-l] Fwd: [WikiEN-l] Flagged Protection: ready for more testing

2010-03-22 Thread Thomas Dalton
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Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Pt-Portuguese Wikipedia

2010-03-22 Thread David Goodman
If I understand the page in the ptWP correctly, they do not have the equivalent of the enWP rule that topics special to the UK, such as the article on London, are writing in the UK version of English, and those special to the US, like the article on New York City , are written in the American

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Pt-Portuguese Wikipedia

2010-03-22 Thread Sir Lestaty de Lioncourt
Yep, if you start a article in one version, this article must be continued in that version, but this is not a problem for the community (in the past yes, now no). Lestaty de Lioncourt 2010/3/22 David Goodman dgoodma...@gmail.com If I understand the page in the ptWP correctly, they do not have

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Pt-Portuguese Wikipedia

2010-03-22 Thread Virgilio A. P. Machado
Ever since Mark Williamson posted the message from Manuel Coutinho suggesting the creation of a new version of Wikipedia in Portuguese from Portugal, I have wondered if this list is the best place to discuss this matter. This is a very serious and recurring issue: 2005:

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Pt-Portuguese Wikipedia

2010-03-22 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 22 March 2010 19:01, Virgilio A. P. Machado v...@fct.unl.pt wrote: Perhaps the reason the issue keeps popping up is that, although it has been extensively «discussed», it has not been properly addressed, much less solved. I think the reason it has never been addressed is that nobody outside

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Pt-Portuguese Wikipedia

2010-03-22 Thread Marcus Buck
Thomas Dalton hett schreven: On 22 March 2010 19:01, Virgilio A. P. Machado v...@fct.unl.pt wrote: Perhaps the reason the issue keeps popping up is that, although it has been extensively «discussed», it has not been properly addressed, much less solved. I think the reason it has

Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Pt-Portuguese Wikipedia

2010-03-22 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 22 March 2010 20:24, Marcus Buck m...@marcusbuck.org wrote: I hope you speak Portuguese. Cause decisions like this should be made by people who know the language variants and their differences and not by outsiders. Leave the decision to the speakers of Portuguese. Anyway it seems that the

[Foundation-l] Strategic Planning Office Hours

2010-03-22 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Hi everyone, The next strategic planning office hours are: Tuesday, 2000-21:00 UTC, which is: -Tuesday (1-2pm PDT) -Tuesday (4-5pm EDT) Office hours will be a great opportunity to discuss the work that's happened as well as the work to come. As always, you can access the chat by going to