On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 09:15:30AM +0100, tarquin
wrote:
1. Why
can't we just talk to them (EL) in English? I'm pretty sure
most of the people speak at least limited English (would be hard being
on the Internet otherwise;) Just say "sorry, my Spanish isn't good
enough for that".
That is a very US-centric attitute (or English-centric, your pick).
There are whole swathes of the internet which don't speak English.
And you've inadvertently demonstrated one of the reasons they split from
the main Wikipedia site.
Well, *one* of the two groups is going to have to speak the other's
language. Why not use English as the common language?
Then by the same argument, why not use Spanish?
I think it was Brion who suggested we use Esperanto. That would be the
fairest option.
we're *really* not going to encourage them back to the Wikipedia with a
"Brit abroad" attitude.
I get the impression that that is the principal source of tension
between en: and the other language 'pedias.