In message <20050109155648.GI21075(a)thingy.apana.org.au>au>, David Gerard
<fun-e016Bj8cE8tLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q(a)public.gmane.org> writes
Anthere
(anthere9-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w(a)public.gmane.org) [050109 18:05]:
Mark Williamson a écrit:
>One prediction I have is that somebody will
suggest adding flags to
>make it easier to choose languages. This is a BAD idea because there
>are speakers of French in Japan, speakers of Thai in Malta, speakers
>of Catalan in Greece, etc; also some languages are indigenous to more
>than one country, or they don't have a corresponding flag (for
>diaspora languages such as Yiddish and Ladino), or it's not
>recognizable to most speakers of the language.
Not a prediction. It was already done. And
reverted.
Opinions ?
I dislike the flag idea, because it's supposed to be languages, not
countries. (Bosian, Croation and Srpski having separate wikis
notwithstanding.)
Furthermore, you just *know* some idiot will change the UK flag to a US
flag. Then another will revert it. Then someone will put both on. Then
someone else will object to a language having *two* flags. Then soeone else
will use that horrible split US/UK flag I've seen on some multilingual
portals. Then someone will protect the page. I suspect flags will provide
too much material for idiocy.
Well, we /could/ use the English flag (Cross of St George)..... the only
problem would then be that most English-speakers wouldn't recognise it!
--
Arwel Parry