Axel Boldt wrote:
Administratively, this is very nice. If they want
a change in software,
configuration, or hardware, they have to do it
themselves. Less work
for us, more control for them. I expect that many
active international
Wikipedias will go that route over time.
I expect and hope for the opposite, a united world
community, working
together in peace and harmony for the betterment of
all. I oppose
Balkanization, or the assumption that differences
are more important
than similarities.
There are many benefits to working together -- a
positive change to
internationalization features will benefit all
languages, not just
one. Going off into separate groups, with separate
servers, separate
software is a step away from harmony.
A world-wide community doesn't have to use the same
server. Part of the tension we've had with the other
language projects is that they feel the people running
the server haven't been responsive to them. If the
contributors have control over their server, this
problem is eliminated.
We don't need a centralized server to work as one
organization.
Stephen G.
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