Takuya Murata wrote:
Only my concern is that we should not make a decision in the place where people can't participate. Yes, every one can discuss here but only if they speak English. It seems most of wikipedians in ja.wikipedia knows almost nothing about what is going on the administration stage like here or village pump in en.wikipedia.
If you are talking about only en.wikipedia (since this mailing list is in English), forgive me about my misunderstanding.
My suspecion is that we should stop using universal system for all of editions. Different languages need different coordination. The couting artciels should depend on the language of edition. Therefore, the discussion here should be irrelevant and we should move this to each wikipedia's village pump.
There are very few rules that should apply across all language Wikipedias. Perhaps some very serious things like NPOV or not insulting each other, but in most areas I agree with your intent.
At the same time, the much larger number of participants in the English Wikipedia means that more subjects get discussed with a wider range of opinions.
When much later an issue arises in one of the other languages it would be a good idea for somebody to translate a summary of the English discussion with a fair representation of all sides. After that there is no need to come to the same conclusion as the English speakers.
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