David Gerard schrieb:
On 05/04/07, Robert Horning robert_horning@netzero.net wrote:
but why would it be so much harder to simply open a new Wikipedia in a given target language and encourage early supporters and community members to simply make the appropriate changes to the MediaWiki namespace? This sounds like a technical problem that is forcing people into doing things to suit the technology than trying to be amiable to people who very likely are not technically inclined.
I think you've described precisely why this new policy is such a stunningly bad and obstructive idea in practice. The people are being bent around the deficiencies in the technology, and that's completely the wrong way around.
Please remember: only admins can edit the UI. Normal users on wikipedias can not. Sometimes this is an advantage, but very offten it is a disadvantage. Nobody talks about a 100% localization though.
Enough for today - have to run.
Sabine