It can often be a good thing if someone who doesn't speak a language
does a lot to make a Wikipedia larger.
However, it can also create a harmful environment. (No particular
accusation against Hugo.arg - I don't know the situation there)
When we have a Wikipedia with 5000 pages full of what appears to be
good writing, that is good... but what if it's written in very poor
language?
En.wp and other large Wikipedias are able to absorb text written by
people with not-so-good commands of the target language, but only
because they already have a large volunteer base and the vast majority
of existing text is already up to par. Imagine, however, trying to
start work at a Wiki that is in very poor language, difficult to
understand, obviously written by someone who has only studied your
language for a semester or two and is using a dictionary to get by.
This isn't so bad if there are only 100 pages or so, but what if there
are 1000, or 2000? This seems unacceptable to me.
On 23/10/2008, Cary Bass <cary(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Mark Williamson wrote:
Yo creo que el problema con la gn.wp es que
Hugo.arg no sabe hablar el
guaraní. ¿Por qué otorgamos acceso administrativo a tales dictadores
que no saben hablar el idioma local? Este chavo es un lituano que
nunca ha viajado a Paraguay, Argentina, o Brasil, los cuales son los
países donde se habla el idioma guaraní.
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I think the problem with gn.wp is that Hugo.arg doesn't speak Guarani.
Why do we grant administrative access to such dictators who don't even
speak the local tongue? This guy is a Lithuanian who has never been to
Paraguay, Argentina, or Brazil, which are the countries where Guarani
is spoken.
Mark
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I believe he's discussing
<http://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puruh%C3%A1ra_myangek%C3%B5i:Hugo.arg#Suppressions>,
and is complaining his templates have been deleted. Hugo.arg, who does
not in fact, speak Guarani seems to have in spite of that deficiency
done a great deal of work in making the Guarani Wikipedia grow.
Here is where he earned the rights from two community
members...(including Kanon6917 who happens to live in Lima and speaks a
small bit of Querana)
http://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipet%C3%A3_myangek%C3%B5i:Tekohapegua#Reque…
Anyway, Richard, if there is a serious dispute with Hugo.arg, you should
bring it to meta:RFC.
Cary
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