It is Jimbo Wales himself. To my knowledge, once you respond, he actually follows up with a chat over Skype to understand better. (At least, he did that with a Tamil Wikipedian.) So, I guess this is a serious effort.
You can highlight the factors responsible for slow growth of many Indian language Wikis, what measures can help, and in what ways can the Wikimedia Foundation facilitate things.
- Sundar
"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
From: Dr. Eukesh Ranjit <eukeshranjit@yahoo.com>
To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Tue, July 6, 2010 11:02:53 PM
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