--- tarquin <tarquin(a)planetunreal.com> wrote:
Whenever non-english 'pedias have asked "how
come
we're still on UseMod
and you guys are on phase III" we reply "because we
tried cloning Brion
and it failed".
Then they ask "so in the meantime, how about at
least having equal URLs,
as a sign of goodwill", and we say "sorry, the
mailing list is populated
by Golgafrinchams who are still discussing what
colour the wheel should be."
Note that word: goodwill.
I want it on the record that I am neither a telephone
sanitizer nor a hair-dresser. ;-)
Also on the record: I am firmly against a static
"portal" page at
www.wikipedia.org. I think it's a
very bad idea.
That does not mean:
a) I'm advocating English as the most important
Wikipedia language.
b) I'm trying to insult people who think it is a good
idea.
c) I'm trying to stall progress on interlanguage
issues.
d) I don't care about the other languages.
e) I don't care about goodwill.
f) I'm secretly in love with the Cunctator.
It simply means I'm against the static front page
idea. I don't think it solves any fundamental
problems, but that's not the point; even if it was
*only* a symbolic gesture of goodwill I would support
it. However, I believe it would be harmful to the
project as a whole, not just the English language part
of the project.
I, along with others, have stated my reasons, and I'll
state them again if requested. I (again, with others)
have proposed an alternate solution that I believe
would extend the same goodwill, be more functional,
and avoid the pitfalls of a static front page of
links. I will state this again too upon request.
In summary, I couldn't care less what colour the wheel
is. I just don't want it to be square.
Stephen G.
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