On 28 September 2011 16:13, Deryck Chan <deryckchan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Being a founding sysop of the Cantonese Wikipedia and
a member of WMHK, I've
had experience handling skepticism towards regional language Wikipedias.
Where speakers of that language (both first and second) are concerned, I
think it is the chapter's duty to promote the project rather than feed the
skepticism. It is important for the chapter to make clear to the public the
Wikimedia movement's position about regional languages and projects in those
languages.
I fully agree.
The British governement has made various commitments with regard to
regional languages in the UK
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_Kingdom#Status>
and the regional language versions of Wikipedia are one very real way
of helping promote the wider use of these languages.
Andrew
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