[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] English Wikipedia ethnocentric policy affects other communities

[Ray Saintonge]

Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:

>"Peter Ansell" wrote:
>  
>
>>that situation screams the remains of british imperialism
>>through and through?
>>    
>>
>Postage stamps come in two kinds: British stamps, in sets, at the
>beginning of the album, and foreign ones all jumbled up at the back.
>Any gibbon can tell you that...
>
Gibbons represents a particularly British form of monkey business.

U. S. made albums put the U. S. stamps at the beginning of the album.  
These albums are regularly sold in Canada.  When he buys such an album 
in looseleaf format a Canadian collector's first act will be to refile 
that section under the letter "U".

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