The idea that people prefer one language to another does not mean they
will not read articles in another language and find them just as
useful, if not moreso.
I certainly prefer English to Spanish, but I have used the Spanish
Wikipedia on many occasions, especially when the article there was
longer or more informative.
Mark
2008/7/19 Andre Engels <andreengels(a)gmail.com>om>:
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Mark Williamson
<node.ue(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well, there are plenty of languages that people
don't prefer to read,
but they might understand them better or get more out of them in some
ways. How many people, for example, do you think "prefer" Sicilian to
Italian? That doesn't mean a Sicilian Wikipedia isn't useful.
I disagree. If someone prefers Italian to Sicilian, they will go to
the Italian Wikipedia, not the Sicilian one, so they will not be
getting anything out of the Sicilian one.
--
André Engels, andreengels(a)gmail.com
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