There has been considerable argument here has been that it ought to be allowed. Speaking for myself, there are two I think I might be able to mange to work in , though i wouldn't attempt to write anything substantial for the regular versions. English speakers need encouragement not to be monolingual, and the added skills would help their work on the regular wiki.
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Ziko van Dijk wrote:
For principal reasons, the establishing of "simple" Wikipedias is no longer allowed.
Sorry, but I was under the impression that it was for bureaucratic reasons.
But maybe they could become a Wikimedia project tyipe of their own, merged with the idea of a Wikipedia for juniors (Wikijunior). It is common that big publishers provide also an encyclopedia for children and young people, popular also with beginners in that peticular language.
Whatever the medium, it still takes people to write it. Hosting a Simple project does not imply that it's utility is limited to children. The motivation of second language acquirers differs substantially from that of children. They may already be familiar with complex ideas in their first language, but just lacking the verbal skills to consider them in the second language.
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