--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Pedro Sanchez pdsanchez@gmail.com wrote:
From: Pedro Sanchez pdsanchez@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Non-free content on Commons To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 9:48 PM On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.comwrote:
This is a (predominantly) English-language mailing
list, so using
those traditions used in the English-speaking world
seems to make
sense to me.
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Of course, wasting resources on april 1st is very sensical.
And who cares about purported reach to the whole world and all that fancy words let's bother them with our idiotic pranks becuase we are majority and thereforewe have the right to do so
Very good attitude on the wikimedia foundation list (I don't care if you do so on english wikipedia list)
Right, it obviously "the pompous English majority" conspiring here because you received a prank from every English speaker on the list.
If the list were in Spanish so every immature youth in Latin America with too much time on their hands could access it without scholarship, you would be unable to spare the rest of us on Dec 28. Follow David's example and ignore those who actually choose to waste your time and spare the rest of us your stereotyped rant.
Birgitte SB
Birgitte SB hett schreven:
Right, it obviously "the pompous English majority" conspiring here because you received a prank from every English speaker on the list.
If the list were in Spanish so every immature youth in Latin America with too much time on their hands could access it without scholarship, you would be unable to spare the rest of us on Dec 28. Follow David's example and ignore those who actually choose to waste your time and spare the rest of us your stereotyped rant.
Birgitte SB
Cultural imperialism is not confined to societies. It can be done by individuals too. And Pedro's critical remarks are aimed at individuals. No need to feel offended as a member of the English majority (except you support imposing your own cultural sillynesses on other people, in that case, feel offended).
The main problem with "just ignore them" is: If you don't know the custom of April's Fool day, you won't know that it's a joke. And even if you know the custom you can still fall for the jokes.
I am fully aware, that there will always be idiots, who don't know how to behave in an intercultural environment, but only if we tell them that they are idiots, awareness can arise for the idioticy of this behaviour.
Marcus Buck
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