On 05/04/07, Robert Horning
<robert_horning(a)netzero.net> wrote:
but why would it be so much
harder to simply open a new Wikipedia in a given target language and
encourage early supporters and community members to simply make the
appropriate changes to the MediaWiki namespace? This sounds like a
technical problem that is forcing people into doing things to suit the
technology than trying to be amiable to people who very likely are not
technically inclined.
I think you've described precisely why this new policy is such a
stunningly bad and obstructive idea in practice. The people are being
bent around the deficiencies in the technology, and that's completely
the wrong way around.
Please remember: only admins can edit the UI. Normal users on wikipedias
can not. Sometimes this is an advantage, but very offten it is a
disadvantage. Nobody talks about a 100% localization though.
Enough for today - have to run.
Sabine