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I call unto the Wikimedia Foundation to flee from the United States as soon as possible. The country is swiftly becoming an authoritarian dictatorship where telling the truth (which, as a rational person, I hold to be synonymous with science) makes you at best suspicious and at worst an enemy of the state. Major opposition lies ahead, and destruction by paramilitary forces like the Proud Boys is far from imaginary. A major brain drain to Canada is to be expected; maybe you should follow before it's too late. |
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I am '''Steinbach''', formerly '''Caesarion'''. I am more or less active on several Wikipedias and some test-Wikipedias here. I am a sysop on the [[:nl:|Dutch]], [[:li:|Limburgic]] and [[:fy:|West Frisian]] Wikipedias. Typically I am known under different aliases on various Wikipedias, though I am currently diminishing their number (see below). |
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I'm a Wiki(p/m)edian from the Netherlands. I was born in the mid-1980s and came here in late 2004. I have been working on and off on various projects. My main wiki, if any, is the Limburgish Wikipedia, which I picked up when it had only 9 articles. By training, I am a musicologist, but language is a major field of interest. There are many languages that I speak a little, though admittedly few I speak at expert level. Languages that I have learnt or worked with at some point but are not listed in the template include Arabic, Icelandic, Italian, Russian, Saterlandic Frisian, Welsh, and of course Latin. I am determined to become conversant in all of these some day, but I doubt whether I'll manage that during my lifetime. |
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I'm here on meta just because I have a child-like adoration of languages and multilingualism. I used to frequent, almost inhabit, the [[Requests for new languages]] page. I am an [[Aspergian Wikipedians|Aspergerian]] and I am [[en:Netherlands|Dutch]]. These are my chief abberations. I am neither able nor willing to change either ;-). |
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I'm much involved in creating Wikipedias for lesser languages, especially the West Germanic ones. To see how bad it is, just take a look [[Test-wp:Seeltersk|here]], or [[Test-wp/gem-zws/|here]]. |
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If you have some time to spare and are unexpectedly interested in me, you can read my user pages at several wikis (warning: Not all user pages contain much valuable information). |
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! colspan=3 | Accounts at Wikipedias |
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| [[als:|Alemannic]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Alemannic language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[als:Benutzer:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[af:|Afrikaans]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Afrikaans language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[af:Gebruiker:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[br:|Breton]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Breton language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[br:User:Caesarion|Caesarion]] |
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| [[de:|German]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:German language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[de:Benutzer:Steinbach|Steinbach]]'''</big> |
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| [[en:|English]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:English language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[en:User:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[eo:|Esperanto]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Esperanto|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[eo:Vikipediisto:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[es:|Spanish]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Spanish language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[es:Usuario:Caesarion|Caesarion]] |
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| [[fr:|French]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:French language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[fr:Utilisateur:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[frp:|Francoprovençal]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Prancoprovençal language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[frp:User:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[fy:|West Frisian]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Frisian language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[fy:Meidogger:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[haw:|Hawaiian]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Hawaiian language|?]]''' |
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| [[haw:User:HaoleCaesarion|HaoleCaesarion]] |
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| [[id:|Indonesian]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Indonesian|?]]''' |
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| [[id:Pengguna:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[io:|Ido]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Ido|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[io:User:Caesarion|Caesarion]] |
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| [[is:|Icelandic]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Icelandic|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[is:Notandi:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[it:|Italian]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Italian language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[it:Utente:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[ksh:|Ripuarian]] |
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| <big> '''[[ksh:Ripuarian language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[ksh:User:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[la:|Latin]] |
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| <big> '''[[la:Latin language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[la:Usor:Caesarion|Caesarion]] |
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| [[li:|Limburgish]] |
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| <big> '''[[li:Limburgish language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[li:Gebroeker:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[nds:|Low Saxon]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Low Saxon language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[nds:Bruker:Boerzökwark|Boerzökwark]] |
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| [[nds-nl:|Low Saxon, Dutch varieties]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Low Saxon language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[nds-nl:User:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[nl:|Dutch]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Dutch language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[nl:Gebruiker:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[nrm:|Norman]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Norman language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[nrm:User:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[oc:|Occitan]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Occitan language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[oc:Utilisator:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[pap:|Papiementu]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Papiementu language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[pap:User:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[pdc:|Pennsylvania German]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Pennsylvania German language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[pdc:User:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[pt:|Portuguese]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Portuguese language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[pt:Usuário:Caesarion|Caesarion]] |
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| [[ru:|Russian]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Russian language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[ru:Участник:Штайнбах|Штайнбах]] |
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| [[sco:|Scots]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Scots language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[sco:User:Caesarion|Caesarion]] |
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| [[sv:|Swedish]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Swedish language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[sv:Användare:Caesarion|Caesarion]] |
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| [[vls:|West Flemish]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:West Flemish language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[vls:User:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| [[vo:|Volapük]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Volapük|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[vo:User:Caesarion|Caesarion]] |
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| [[wa:|Walloon]] |
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| <big> '''[[en:Walloon language|?]]'''</big> |
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| [[wa:Uzeu:Caesarion|Caesarion]] |
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! colspan=3 | Accounts on other wikis |
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| colspan=2 | [http://nl.wikimedia.org Dutch Wikimedia] |
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| [http://nl.wikimedia.org/Gebruiker:HaafLimbo HaafLimbo] |
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| colspan=2 | [[commons:|Wikimedia Commons]] |
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| [[commons:User:Caesarion|Caesarion]] |
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| colspan=2 | [[s:de:|German Wikisource]] |
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| [[s:de:Benutzer:Steinbach|Steinbach]] |
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| colspan=2 | [[uncyclopedia:|Uncyclopedia]] |
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| [[uncyclopedia:User:NoiraseaC|NoiraseaC]] |
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Or otherwise take a look at my personal hobby horse: a [[User:Caesarion/List of languages most in need of a Wikipedia|List of languages most in need of a Wikipedia]]. |
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==In ten years or less...== |
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* All languages with over half a million speakers will have their own wikis and possibly all with more than 100,000 speakers as well. |
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* All languages in Europe, however small or endangered, will have their own Wikipedias, and most of them will be large enough to serve as real encyclopedias. |
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* All of the wikis in the major languages of India will have reached the size of big (>100,000) Wikipedias. |
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* The major African languages will, due to increased prosperity, finally have picked up their Wikipedias. |
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* Native American emancipation will have caused the NA language Wikipedias to grow. |
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* A few Indigenous Australian languages will also have their own Wikipedias. |
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* There will be no official languages without Wikipedias. |
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* The English Wikipedia, however, will be a highly unpleasant environment by then, and its success will have passed the top by long. |
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*[[User:Caesarion/Warkliesien veur nds-nl]] |
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I call unto the Wikimedia Foundation to flee from the United States as soon as possible. The country is swiftly becoming an authoritarian dictatorship where telling the truth (which, as a rational person, I hold to be synonymous with science) makes you at best suspicious and at worst an enemy of the state. Major opposition lies ahead, and destruction by paramilitary forces like the Proud Boys is far from imaginary. A major brain drain to Canada is to be expected; maybe you should follow before it's too late.
I'm a Wiki(p/m)edian from the Netherlands. I was born in the mid-1980s and came here in late 2004. I have been working on and off on various projects. My main wiki, if any, is the Limburgish Wikipedia, which I picked up when it had only 9 articles. By training, I am a musicologist, but language is a major field of interest. There are many languages that I speak a little, though admittedly few I speak at expert level. Languages that I have learnt or worked with at some point but are not listed in the template include Arabic, Icelandic, Italian, Russian, Saterlandic Frisian, Welsh, and of course Latin. I am determined to become conversant in all of these some day, but I doubt whether I'll manage that during my lifetime.