hi all

 

Let me share a thought (that I also sent to the fundraiser list), about how I understand the phrase temple of the mind (in italics some ideas added after reading the other messages on this list):

 

My first understanding was:

"--- the temple of the mind phrase is .... not perfectly clear at first sight. Though, after talking about a public park and a library , I finally get the picture. It makes clear to the reader (or tries to) that Wikipedia is a 'public good', i.e. something that is made available for the general public which can be used and appreciated, and is in their interest in a different  (more general, indirect) sense than housing, food etcetera, but in their interest anyway.

 

So I have changed the phrase into 'temple of the mind' (using the ' '-s ) to make it more apparent that is meant in a different way than public parc and library .
 
.."

 

In order for the message to be appreciated in the same way (and responded to in a similar way) in diverse communities, I can imagine that you would change it,- to really localize it. Or maybe leave it out, since the parc and library idea already could do the trick.

 

hope this helps

 

greetings,

Corinne

Wikimedia Netherlands

 

 

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