Mr. Jimmy Wales,
I hope this note finds you in good health and spirit. I work for the Aboriginal Affairs Branch at the Department of Canadian Heritage in the capital region of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. We came upon your website, Wikipedia Encyclopedia and have found your work regarding Indigenous languages to be very useful.
We are in the process of creating a website for our Policy and Research Directorate and would like to use your website as a link for people to research Aboriginal/Indigenous issues. This is simply creating a hyperlink under the word Wikipedia so that people can then visit and learn from your site. We are wondering if you would permit us to do that.
In addition, because our website is linked to the Government of Canada, it is useful for sites to be bilingual (English and French). Is there a French version of the Indigenous website?
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response. I can be contacted at 819 994 2257
Paul
Paul C. Lorilla Policy Officer / Agent de politique Policy and Research Directorate / Direction de la politique et de la recherche Aboriginal Affairs Branch / Direction générale des affaires autochtones Canadian Heritage / Patrimoine Canadien Tel. (819) 994 2257 Fax. (819) 997 3471 paul_lorilla@pch.gc.ca
Yes, of course you may link to us. In general, there is no need to get permission from anyone to link to their website.
Paul_Lorilla@pch.gc.ca wrote:
In addition, because our website is linked to the Government of Canada, it is useful for sites to be bilingual (English and French). Is there a French version of the Indigenous website?
There is our French wikipedia, http://fr.wikipedia.org/, which is editorially independent, i.e. not just a translation of the English site, but independently written. I imagine that a French-speaking wikipedian will be able to help you find out if they have articles on the topics you're interested in.
--Jimbo
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