[Wikipedia-l] new request for ASL/English wikipedia

Kelly Martin kelly.lynn.martin at gmail.com
Sat Sep 10 21:42:36 UTC 2005


On 9/8/05, Phroziac <phroziac at gmail.com> wrote:
> Uhm, why does that need it's own wiki? Couldn't the videos just be
> added to en wiki?
> And also, can't most deaf people (in english speaking countries)
> read/write english?

ASL is not English.  It has its own distinct grammar and vocabulary. 
But I question whether videos of signed language are worth the
bandwidth and space required to store them.

Kelly



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