On 04/09/06, daniwo59(a)aol.com <daniwo59(a)aol.com> wrote:
The real problem is the possibility of
English-as-a-second-language speakers
(or third or fourth language) becoming a majority of users on en.wiki and
the impact that this would have on the basic quality of writing. It has already
becoming an issue in some areas of content related to India, where the prose
requires inordinate cleanup just to make it legible.
To be clear, I am *not* saying that these contributions should be
discouraged--only that they come at some cost.
Sounds like something for a specialised cleanup crew. The thing that
makes cleanup really horrible is when the articles are badly
structured as well - are these at least usable articles with only
grammar cleanup?
- d.