On May 26, 2004, at 10:22 AM, Christopher Mahan wrote:
--- Michael Snow wikipedia@earthlink.net wrote: [large snip]
I see discussions all the time on the mailing lists that are basically conversations involving a very small handful of people. I don't see
anything wrong with that, any more than there's anything wrong with two people engaging in a conversation on a talk page, which is equally public. Whoever is interested can always join in, and I'm happy to shift between my limited selection of languages to accommodate other participants.
I agree with you Michael. Sometimes it is easiest for someone to express themselves in their mother tongue.
Since (I assume) all of us speak English, let's say that anyone who feels comfortable in English would be best served to write in English. If they wold prefer their mother tongue, it would be nice to include a (human) translation, or at least a summary. If the user doesn't (possibly unable to), another user might step up and do the translation, in the WikiSpirit. No use posting Google translations, I think, since we can all get them ourselves.
Peter
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