Gerard,

With whom do you beg to differ?

P

 

From: Gerard Meijssen [mailto:gerard.meijssen@gmail.com]
Sent: 17 August 2021 09:32
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikipedia issues in UNDARK.org #Opinion article to check...

 

Hoi,

I beg to differ. If anything the WMF needs to focus us more on the imbalance that exists between the fundamental bias toward English versus all other languages. For me the easiest picking is to share in the sum of the knowledge that is available to us. To get there simple goals like "a nine year old is able to find pictures in Commons" are fundamental. As it is, this is not even considered. 

Thanks,

       GerardM

 

On Tue, 17 Aug 2021 at 08:46, Peter Southwood <peter.southwood@telkomsa.net> wrote:

And it is based on a fundamental misconception of the legally mandated role of the WMF. Everything based on this false premise, fails.

Cheers,

Peter

 

From: Željko Blaće [mailto:zblace@mi2.hr]
Sent: 17 August 2021 06:18
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia issues in UNDARK.org #Opinion article to check...

 

...considering recent discussions on Wikimania and here, this is maybe a useful opinion piece from  https:// UNDARK.org/2021/08/12/wikipedia-has-a-language-problem-heres-how-to-fix-it/ 


It is packed with good insights and while I do not agree with all this, the final sentence feels kind of brilliant: ... to achieve its stated mission to “help everyone share in the sum of all knowledge,” they might first need to create the sum of all Wikipedias.

 

Best Z. Blace

 

 

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