User:OosakaNoOusama/Siberian Wikipedia
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | "Siberian" |
| Founded | October 1, 2006 |
| Dissolved | November 5, 2007 |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Yaroslav Zolotaryov |
| URL | ru-sib A mirror can be found at sibwiki |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Current status | Down, but a mirror is available |
Content license | Creative Commons ShareAlike License 3.0 |
Siberian Wikipedia (Сиби́рска Википе́ддя, Sibírska Vikipéddya, Russian: Сиби́рская Википе́дия, romanized: Sibírskaya Vikipédiya) is a closed and subsequently deleted[1] Wikipedia in a so-called "Siberian language" (Siberian-Chaldon language), a constructed language developed by Tomsk businessman Yaroslav Zolotaryov (Russian: Ярослав Золотарёв) based on Siberian ''starozhil'' dialects[2]. It was opened on 1 October 2006, and closed on 5 November 2007.
The main topics that were covered on "Siberian" Wikipedia were religion and linguistics. In addition, members of "Siberian" Wikipedia were involved in translating various texts into the "Siberian language". It was alleged that this was done for their future transfer to Wikisource.
It was originally saved in read-only mode on a separate domain[3]. Unregistered participants could view it, but could not edit it. Administrators were involved in creating new accounts. In February 2013, there were 5 participants, two of whom were its administrators.
Content[edit]
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On English Wikipedia, the existence of a "Siberian" language was not confirmed by sources taken as "authoritative"[4]. The proponents of closure of Siberian Wikipedia claimed that it was not serious about common topics[5], for example, it was written that in Eugene Onegin:
...бают про руссково барина, которому нехрен чем заделатса, мужыки заместо во робют дык, а вон токо путатса с розными бабами.[6]
...talks about a Russian noble, who has fuck-all to do, the men work in place of him, and he just mixes with different women.
In a translation of Hamlet, where the original text has the following quote:
Peace, break thee off; look, where it comes again!
— Marcellus, in Hamlet
The translation is given as:
Ебьона мать, опеть припьорся дык![7]
Fucking hell, it came again!
In addition, supporters of the removal expressed a strong opinion that Siberian Wikipedia has a strong and active anti-Russian position. The creators of the language are sometimes called "Siberian nationalists" and are credited with separatism as one of the goals in creating the language.[8]
The application to open the Wikipedia in "Siberian" as a natural language was rejected due to disagreement by the leadership of the Wikimedia Foundation. A second application, representing "Siberian" as a constructed language, was accepted on 1 October 2006, Soon, after a request was made to close the Wikipedia, the discussion ended.
On 8 October 2006, the number of articles was about 6400[9]. By January 2007, due to the number of articles created by bots that are counted by MediaWiki, it ranked 66th on the list of Wikipedias with 6924 articles[1], ahead of many living languages – Afrikaans, Uzbek, Belarusian, etc., however, out of them:
- 5100 of them were mainly empty articles about years from 2999 BC to 2100 AD,
- 162 articles were about decades – mostly empty or stating:
Чо было в ети годы, нам неведомо.[10]
What happened in these years, we do not know.
- 370 were mostly empty articles about days,
- 251 were semi-empty "carbon-copied" articles about national top-level domains,
- 81 were tagged for transfer to Wikisource, in addition to an undetermined number of translations of religious texts, such as biblical Psalms, which were recommended to be posted in Wikisource.
Therefore, the actual number of "legitimate" articles in "Siberian" Wikipedia did not exceed 1200.
The articles openly distorted information, for example, it claimed that even for famous Russian writers and even classics, Russian was not native to them:
На россейским говоре писавшы баюны Россейской анперии, сгонодоблены со всех народов: татарин Тургенев, украинец Чехов, поляк Достоевской, жыды Ильф и Петров, личнось неврубной народноси Пушкин, и никому-то из них етот мажной говор не был родимым. Ить весь руской народ обнакновенно лекотал дружно.[11]
Authors of the Russian Empire wrote in Russian, who were made up of all nations: the Tatar Turgenev, the Ukrainian Chekhov, the Pole Dostoevsky, the Jews[note 1] Ilf and Petrov, Pushkin of unknown nationality, and for none of them was this fictional language native. After all, the whole Russian nation usually spoke differently.
- ^ Here Yaroslav Zolotaryov uses the term жыд, zhyd, a term that is offensive in Russian (see the corresponding Russian word), but claims that in "Siberian" it is not offensive, with the reasoning that it is neutral in other Slavic languages, citing Czech: žid, Polish: żyd, Slovak: žid, Ukrainian: жид. He also cites the non-Slavic Romanian: jidan which was indeed borrowed from a Slavic language, but wrongly claims that it is not offensive, while its Wiktionary entry states that it is an ethnic slur.
Siberian Wikipedia was characterized by an anti-Russian attitude, and some articles were misanthropic – verses by the author and ideological inspirer of Siberian Wikipedia Yaroslav Zolotaryov, as well as the "malicious verse" Moskal asshole[12] (Москальска сволоч, Moskal'ska svoloch), a section about "brats of Moskal agents"[13] (Russian: сопли москальской агентуры, romanized: sopli moskal'skoy agentury), and others.
The "Siberian language"[edit]
Work on the creation of the "Siberian language" began in 2005 in the blog of Yaroslav Zolotaryov, known on LiveJournal as user samir74.
The formation of the language continued on the blog and then on the site Sibirska Vol'gota (Сибирска вольгота, said to mean "Siberian Freedom"), where activists translate world classics. A news feed and journals on Siberian issues are also published.
Symbol[edit]
The Siberian cat (Сибирска кыска, Sibirska kyska) was considered a symbol of Siberian Wikipedia.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kazinik, Mikhail; Tkachov, Dmitry (2011-10-25). "Пятиминутный путеводитель по сибирскому сепаратизму" [Five-minute Guide to Siberian Separatism] (in Russian).
- ^ Favorov, Pyotr (2007-03-14). "Маршал говоров" [Marshal of dialects] (in Russian). Bolshoy Gorod.
- ^ "СибирскаВольгота" (in "Siberian"). Retrieved 2020-06-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Siberian language
- ^ s:Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Siberian_Wikipedia
- ^ "Пушкин, Лександор Сергеевич" [Alexander Pushkin] (in "Siberian"). Retrieved 2020-06-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Хамлет" [Hamlet] (in "Siberian"). Retrieved 2020-06-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Yatsutko, Denis (2006-10-12). "Сибирь без русского" [Siberia without Russian] (in Russian). RE:АКЦИЯ.
- ^ "Википедия открыла раздел на сибирском языке" [Wikipedia has opened a section in the Siberian language] (in Russian). TomskNews. 2006-10-08. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
- ^ "2800-ы до н. п." [2800s BC] (in "Siberian"). Retrieved 2020-06-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Россейской говор" [Russian language] (in "Siberian"). Retrieved 2020-06-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Москальска сволоч" [Moskal asshole] (in "Siberian"). Retrieved 2020-06-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Обсуждение:Головна сторонка" [Talk: Main Page] (in Russian and "Siberian"). Retrieved 2020-06-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
External links[edit]
- Main page of Siberian Wikipedia, accessible as of 12 May 2024
- Russian-"Siberian" wordlist