Re: standardizing a language

> On 02/04/2008, James Robert Johnson <modean52@...> wrote:
>> Hey everyone,
>> 
>> I usually troll on here, reading, but not participating in
>> discussions, but I wanted to ask something.  Old English is a dead language,
>> yet has a living Wikipedia.  For this wiki, we essentially use Early West
>> Saxon, but the original language never had a single standard spelling.  What
>> does everyone think about using a standardized spelling for this language,
>> as used in the Clark Hall dictionary of Anglo Saxon?  I welcome any
>> comments.
> 
on 4/2/08 12:05 PM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton@... wrote:

> I wouldn't dedicated too much effort to the Old English Wikipedia if I
> were you. Who's going to read it? You're just producing learning aids
> for people learning the language, you're not really creating an
> encyclopaedia.
> 
So much for creativity and innovation, Thomas . A person is usually
advised not to attempt something because of possible negative effects and/or
outcome. Is that the case here? I think not.

Sounds like a worthwhile project to me.

Marc Riddell