I didn't say we couldn't have the smaller languages. I said having them /for the sole purpose of preservation/ isn't in our goals. Preserving them because we have projects in them is a side effect, not the actual end goal.
-Chad
On Feb 8, 2008 3:05 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter putevod@mccme.ru wrote:
One of the immediate implications would be that artificial languages, as well as small European languages, are ineligible since all their speakers are also proficient in other languages (Example: All Lower Sorbian speakers are also German speakers).
Cheers Yaroslav
I'd have to agree. While they are noble goals (and may come about as a result of the pursuit of our goals), they aren't our goals.
-Chad
On Feb 8, 2008 12:36 PM, Jesse Martin (Pathoschild) pathoschild@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to "collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". The preservation of cultural diversity and of minority languages are noble missions, but not those of the Wikimedia Foundation (which does not seek to fulfill every noble mission in the world).
< http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission >
-- Yours cordially, Jesse Martin (Pathoschild)
On Feb 8, 2008 11:49 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter putevod@mccme.ru wrote:
Related to this discussion:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Language_subcommittee#Localisation
After we have heard the opinions of two language subcommittee members (both of whom I highly respect), I would like to ask the community:
Are
the preservation of cultural diversity and minority languages
(secondary)
Wikimedia goals?
Both answers yes or no could actually have some implications.
Cheers, Yaroslav
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