>>>> "RS" == Ray Saintonge
<saintonge(a)telus.net> writes:
RS> France lost control of Canada in 1763 when it was still a
RS> monarchy, so that a lot of ideas that were fundamental to the
RS> French Revolution did not automatically become a part of
RS> Canadian thinking. That alone can make a single translation
RS> impossible.
Oh, _come now_. The English-speaking countries of the world also have
very different histories, and we don't have forks of en.w.o. for each
such country.
Diversity of opinion *within* national boundaries is going to be about
the same as diversity of opinion *across* national boundaries. If
Wikipedians can develop the skills to overcome the first, we can apply
those same skills to overcome the second.
I don't think there's any Wiki project out there that can afford to
turn away editors who can make a contribution just because of their
postal address. Any project like Wikipedia needs all the help it can
get.
Vive la différence!
~ESP
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