Anthere wrote:
In my opinion, this separation of 1) primary audience : native english speakers and 2) secondary audience : non native is not a good idea if it comes to overinflate an issue (such as circumsision) or underunflate (hum) another (such as excision).
Of course not - that is why I said "within the bounds of NPOV".
Some here may be here to write for the most obvious audience : americans. But not all of us.
What?! Why the hell does this always come down to American bashing? I was talking about the /entire/ English speaking world *NOT JUST AMERICANS!!!*.
I do not like the concept of "first" and "second" audience because that would be officially stating that we should primarily write for the first, to the detriment of the second.
No, it means we primarily write for the first and secondarily write for the second. They are /both/ part of our audience and are both important.
If english people write only or mostly for english people, if french people write only or mostly for french people, if arab people write only or mostly for arab people, then we fail. Wikipedia fails.
OK, that has got to be the most bizarre thing I've read in a while. I write for *all* English speaking people. Sorry but how can I write for a French audience when I don't speak French?
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)