This has probably been discussed before, but why does mediawiki (or at
least, wikipedia) default to showing the interface in the language of
the wikipedia, rather than in the language of the browser? E.g., when
I visit
ru.wikipedia.org, common sense dictates that the interface
should be shown in English, the language defined in my browser
preferences. Sure, I can change it by creating an account and defining
my preferences, but even that is difficult enough on a foreign
language Wikipedia, and extremely difficult for a non-Roman script.
What's the thinking here?
Steve