On 30/08/06, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:

On 30/08/06, Andrew Lih andrew.lih@gmail.com wrote:

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I think the premise of the FAQ is off in its current form. I am worried by the "we" part, meaning the mythical monolithic Wikipedia community. (ie. Why not make this an opportunity to show that Wikipedias have their distinct culture and are at different stages of development?)

In this case because it was an immediate response to the Bill Thompson and Platinax articles. I was trying very hard to keep it *really simple* and clear because journalists don't have time to read press releases closely - they have to be able to get your message by skimming.

Further, I should note: as far as the English-language press is concerned, all of Wikipedia and all of Wikimedia is the English Wikipedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com/ , no matter I do my best to say otherwise every time I speak to them ...

I made a point of mentioning the de: release versions here so as to put across that en: may be bigger, but de: is arguably more advanced in some ways. Other press, I try to mention local language Wikipedias, which are usually quite small and offer an interesting contrast to the huge Wikipedias.

- d.