Disputatio Formulae:Usor la
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Perhaps forgive my naivete, but for whom could this category possibly exist? And if for no one, should we have it at all?
I know what you mean ... :-)
Possible answers:
- I just copied it from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:User_la
- The English WP has 3 (!) native Latin speakers.
- Unfortunately we have just one.
- It was fun. (sorry)
- It is good for consistency.
- We could keep the template - for fun - and change to maybe something like this:
la | This user claims to be a native speaker of Latin but we refuse to believe. |
--Roland2 15:17, 28 Ianuarii 2006 (UTC)
- this has been extensively debated on the english wikipedia. See, for example here. Of course this template is even more useless now that there are -N and -4 categories. And honestly I am inclined to doubt anyone who puts themselves down for -4 anyway.
- And Roland, the text of the template already says "...or more likely is lying." ;) --Iustinus 17:20, 28 Ianuarii 2006 (UTC)
- Really lying? That would be too hard. But the direction is ok. In German maybe: Dieser Benutzer behauptet, Latein wäre seine Muttersprache. Aber wir glauben ihm das nicht. The first part starts with This user ... and the reader is awaiting the standard text but here not the user is talking about himself but the others are commenting his usage of "User la". I thought it were funny ... and I had some fun. Explaining it, was funny again. Ok ... two much fun for one day. :-) --Roland2 18:08, 28 Ianuarii 2006 (UTC)
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- After having read the discussion in the English WP ... I hope that nobody will seriously use this template in the meaning of "native speaker". Although: If there are parents out, maybe teachers of Latin, who make an experiment with their babies ... From the definition, these children should use "User la". I have heard that a person can have several "Muttersprachen". It is nearly incredible that it will ever happen that a native speaker of Latin will join the Latin Wikipedia ... but we are ready if it happens. :-) Of course there should be a hint on the template what we think about this template. --Roland2 18:37, 28 Ianuarii 2006 (UTC)
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- I know of a couple parents who are teaching their children Latin in such a manner. At least one of the children seems to have exceeded her mother too, which is amazing. But none of them is old enough to contribute here just yet, so we'll just have to wait ;) --Iustinus 19:09, 28 Ianuarii 2006 (UTC)
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