Wouter Steenbeek wrote:
Strongly disagreed. That point of view would make most
Wikipedias wastes
of time. Everyone speaking Limburgic can read Dutch better. Virtually
everyone speaking Welsh, Navajo, and Maori can read English better.
Everyone able to read Bambara is supposed to read French as well.
Wikipedias contribute to the status of a language and the community it
is spoken by. The fact that Klingon is (probably) noone's native
language makes a difference, but not entirely a substantial one: it is a
nice thing to have, and it can and will benefit the Klingon speaking
communities which often meet and use the language quite prominently. It
becomes a diiferent story when noone reads it, even when reaching a high
number of articles.
I have trouble relating to this. What do you think Wikipedia's goals are
(or should be)? Why do you contribute to Wikipedia?
-- Tim Starling