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*Claims that Wikipedia's [[name space]] is [[EPOV]] and favours Wikipedia itself inherently, e.g. creating use of ISO language codes in [[mediawiki]] as if they are invocations of Wikipedia in that language, not simply references to "that page in that language".   
*Claims that Wikipedia's [[name space]] is [[EPOV]] and favours Wikipedia itself inherently, e.g. creating use of ISO language codes in [[mediawiki]] as if they are invocations of Wikipedia in that language, not simply references to "that page in that language".   
For example [[Wikipedia:fr:Commerce ]] or [[w:fr:Commerce ]] map incorrectly to the [[interwiki link standard]] name which is [[fr:Wikipedia:Commerce ]]:
For example [[Wikipedia:fr:Commerce �uitable]] or [[w:fr:Commerce �uitable]] map incorrectly to the [[interwiki link standard]] name which is [[fr:Wikipedia:Commerce �uitable]]:


::It is not up to the service to decide what languages to serve in, nor is it up to the service to decide how to carve up space within that language - that's up to the language itself.  Not only that, but the name of the service is itself expressed in a language:  Hawaiian and Greek, combined using English rules of [[proper noun]] formation.
::It is not up to the service to decide what languages to serve in, nor is it up to the service to decide how to carve up space within that language - that's up to the language itself.  Not only that, but the name of the service is itself expressed in a language:  Hawaiian and Greek, combined using English rules of [[proper noun]] formation.
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*[[Libel chill]] employed as a tactic to silence critics, including those who have raised simple legal issues re the [[GFDL]] and [[charitable status]], which any contributor or citizen has a right to do.
*[[Libel chill]] employed as a tactic to silence critics, including those who have raised simple legal issues re the [[GFDL]] and [[charitable status]], which any contributor or citizen has a right to do.


''See [[link transit]] for various attempts to resolve this issue.''
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