Omegatron wrote
For instance, machine
translations are considered "worse than nothing" because of their poor
quality, so it would seem that "of the highest possible quality" is
more important than "in their own language".
Unless they have got better recently, I wouldn't characterise machine translations as
'into' the target language.
If Jimbo's statement is still valid, which
objectives override the
others? Can they be arranged (preferably by Jimbo) in order of
priority?
Can this statement or the principles it represents ever be repealed or
changed? Who has the power to change it? Is this simply a top-down
authoritarian mandate that can't be challenged, or do regular
Wikipedians have a say when changes are made to the ultimate goals and
priorities of the project?
I expect the WMF Board can also issue mission statements, and update them.
Charles
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