User talk:Jeppiz/Archives/2013/December

Scruple
I've just read Beider's paper, details on the Ashkenazi page. He would thoroughly endorse your argument that in encyclopedic terms Yiddish is Germanic. today the Judeo-Centric approach represents the dominating paradigm only for linguists trained in Yiddish linguistics. However, it is not shared by academics approaching Yiddish from the point of view of general historical linguistics of which the Germanistic approach represents a particular case. For these scholars, the topic is ideologically neutral and it is not a surprise to see that in various international encyclopedias and general books about world languages, Yiddish is firmly placed together with NHG in the same branch of High German languages.p.92 I'm not convinced, but I'm rarely convinced by anything. The problem for me is that, in wikipedia's system as opposed to general encyclopedias, one must not take sides, or adopt as an assured fact a judgement that other experts in the field might contest. As Frakes and Beider's own article amply shows, Yiddish studies are split by diametrically opposed camps, and Beider says the Germanists are right. Perhaps I have overwikified myself, in insisting that a wiki neutral narrative should withhold final judgements and provisional certainties. In any case, Beider's remark is good warrant for the solid basis of your call. Cheers.Nishidani (talk) 10:50, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

World city lists
Hi, I see you've made a few edits to some of the world city lists. See my post about them at. If you have any comments please post there. Regards.Eldumpo (talk) 12:06, 31 December 2013 (UTC)