Anthere wrote:
think of *offering* to the proper wikipedia, any relevant article that landed
by
mistake in a wrong language on their wikipedia ? such as
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgenic_plant
written in italian on the en wikipedia
whose content was first blanked, then proposed for deletion, and finally googled translated.
I've just seen this thread; I've put a reply to this on the talk page, but to spare people from switching windows; I tried looking around the Italian wikipedia, then gave up because I don't speak Italian. I was going to go back to it, but work intruded, and I figured everything was alright once I saw the Italian link on the page.
I know the field concerned. I was trained in that field, and I worked in that field. Hence, I can say the article is worth (the translation is awful :-))
Now, the good news : the article *landed well* on the italian wiki. It is now separated in three articles.
I hope they will be phase III soon.
There have been some attempts to clean up the translation, and the article looks to have promise as an English language article when done. I intended to do some more basic cleaning up of the text, but work intruded; I should be able to get back to it later today. I'll drop you a note when I've done what I can, maybe you can give it the finishing touches?
Take care, Jimmy