Daniel Mayer a écrit:
Optim wrote:
There is no discrimination between Native and Non-Native speakers. Let's get rid of discriminations.
There is no discrimination. It is a matter of information organization and focus, which means that an encyclopedia in one language is not really the same thing as an encyclopedia in another language. So people who are not native speakers should respect the traditions of the second language they may be writing in. If they don't then the resulting articles will only be maximally useful to people who happen to have the same primary language as themselves. Cross pollination is nice and a good thing, but can only be taken so far.
One of the greatest things on each Wikipedia, is that there is no discrimination of language, culture, sex, color, education etc...
As long as one respect copyrights, npov rules, write in the appropriate language, and do not vandalise the place, one is welcome to participate to the best of his abilities, with no hierarchy and classification of value. We all have equivalent rights and duties as editors. We can all provide content, help with setting up the rules, organise the place, build up the community, develop the software, on a piedestal of equality. With equal respect between editors, whatever their origin, since they have a common goal, building the encyclopedia.
Wikipedia is empowering everyone. It is breaking up barriers of nationalities and languages, who often give more rights to one culture than another.
That is neat. Wikipedia is neat :-)