On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 21:46:48 +0000, BĂ©ria Lima berialima@gmail.com wrote:
Since you not speak portuguese and do not know our countries (in plural because of Brazil / Angola / Portugal / Cape Verde / etc... ) and
culture,
i would be glad if you keep your opinion for you.
The reputation of pt.wiki is our problem, and the problem of the "little articles" is a question who is a decision of every community to decide. Spanish, Italy and Russian (as far I can understand for you mail) don't allow that kind of article. We do. And not because of ru.wiki, we do
that
for all our history.
If that is bad or good, don't concern to you or me to judge, but to
pt.wiki
readers and contributors _____
Well, not a very friendly answer. I do speak some Portuguese (not on the level to contribute as an editor), and I have visited Portugal and Brazil a number of times. I totally agree that it is not my business to judge what should be kept in pt.wp (indeed, in Russian Wikipedia these articles are eligible for speedy deletion). However I am entitled to express my opinion that Portuguese Wikipedia is largely bot-generated. At least until pt.wp community decides to clean it up.
Cheers Yaroslav