Andre Engles wrote:

I disagree. I think it is strange to count the various languages together into one number. Some of these articles are translations of each other, others are different articles about the same subject. It would be like Larousse adding the number in the Petit Larousse and the Grand Larousse, or the publisher of English-XXX dictionaries adding up all languages.

In those examples, the dictionaries are separate projects. Wikipedia is a single project conducted in different languages.

Having many languages available is certainly a good thing, but just adding up the numbers gives a wholly false image.

I don't understand this statement. How is saying we have a total 300,000 articles giving a wholly false image?

Stephen G.

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