Thread:Project:Translator/ akk Akkadian – akk/reply (6)

I didn't request about a Wikimedia project in Akkadian, I absolutely don't consider starting one. But the language setting of the MediaWiki software should be available in any language that exists or have existed, as long as someone wants to do the work. And if there is one single person on this planet (or anywhere else) who wants to have that software in Akkadian or any other language, why the hell is that your matter? You are not to prescribe other people in which language they want their preferences set up. If this project here fulfills any purpose beyond the Wikimedia projects, (and I think that was what was intended, otherwise it wouldn't make any sense to not host it under .wikimedia.org), then you have to think about your "policy". If this project here is only serving the Wikimedia projects, well then I'm wrong here anyway, as I didn't intend to use Akkadian language setting for a Wikimedia project.

As for the "pejorative" way to address you, well... First of all, I applied *your* wording (citation from your comment: I don't mind you being cynical, but if you do so, please make sure you're right.), you haven't noticed? Second, I'm free to say what I think about your policy even if you feel offended by that (which I didn't intend). Third, you give the impression that you impose your personal policy on volunteers who want to help. It's not a policy made by a community, it's your personal thing, and you even seem to have the opinion that it's never necessary to change it. You make decisions about which language can be used for the MW software and which not, but it's everyones personal decision and not yours, that's why it's called "preferences" and not "Siebrand's selection". So you destroyed virtually all my respect for you that I once had (and I had much of it), and it won't easily come back, probably never. Sorry for that, but I'm sure you don't care, anyway.

And, fortunately, I don't need this project to translate these system messages into any language I want. I can do it on any MW wiki and it works perfectly. It can then be used on that wiki only, but that's not my fault, it's completely yours.