Hoi, There are many arguments on many levels why Wikipedias in all languages is something that you want to reply to on many levels. Wikipedia contains educational content; it is used by students in schools. Students will do better in their academic career when they first learn to read and write in their mother tongue. Working on a quality wikipedia in your language you are part of the people that care and help preserve both the language and the culture of the language. Many things are hard to express in another language, by having information expressed in many languages, the same topic can be read approached in different ways, this helps in the understanding of the topic. Having people work on a Wikipedia in a language does not detract from the effort put into a Wikipedia in another language; it is complementary. The farmers or a daily workers of India may finds their information in their native language, but the farmers and daily workers of Great Britain and the US do the same. When you write in your language the fruit of your labour is shared by all the people that share your language. Having a Wikipedia in a language allows people who learn a language to find topical information in the language; this information is rich in the terminology of that subject. Hmmm, they are a bunch of one liners. All arguments why there is wealth in the diversity of Wikipedias in many languages. They are united in bringing information to the people that are looking for information. In the end it is not only the reader that has the big benefits; the writer learns a lot when he practices his writing and puts knowledge into words. Thanks, GerardM On Feb 10, 2008 7:35 AM, Pradeep Makineni <makineni.pradeep(a)gmail.com> wrote: