Delirium wrote:
As you noted, the choice is a political one, and
I'm not sure we ought
to be in the business of running political campaigns. Providing
resources for anyone to work on a Wikipedia in any language they choose,
sure; but to actively promote the use of particular languages over other
languages isn't our place.
If I understand correctly, it's not a political issue in the sense of
being controversial, it's a political issue in that polticians all want
to do something about it. That's what I meant in my original post,
anyway. The need for educational material in Hindi and
regional languages is not controversial. Most schools in India will
continue to use an Indian language in their classes, regardless of what
we do.
-- Tim Starling