On 6/8/06, Delirium delirium@hackish.org wrote:
There are blind spots to be sure, but I certainly don't think they're "comparable", simply by virtue of the fact that English speakers don't comprise only members of one ethnicity or nationality. If it were an encyclopedia edited solely by Americans you might have a point, but it isn't. We have, in addition to people from all the English-speaking countries in the world, substantial numbers of speakers of English as a second language who contribute regularly.
Well I'll wait to hear whether the Bosnian war really is portrayed so badly on the Serbian Wikipedia. Anyway, comparable <> equivalent or even similar.
Which isn't to say it's perfect, but as far as the potential to be a global, neutral, thorough encyclopedia, I think en.wikipedia is the structurally best placed by far, simply because so many people from such diverse cultures speak English.
You're probably right. I never notice much of an Indian presence surprisingly enough...
Steve