[Foundation-l] Throwing some data onto the flamefest fire (was: English Wikipedia ethnocentric policy affects other communities)

[James Hare]

And why not?

On 12/23/06, James Hare <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Don't worry, I haven't been ignoring you, Milos. I do think there is
> another issue to address: transcription -- when it comes to such projects
> where it's required. For those wikis that will be fine with automatic
> transliteration, that is okay, but we need a solution for wikis like Serbian
> Wikipedia that need to do transcription over transliteration.
>
> On 12/23/06, Luna <lunasantin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 12/23/06, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hoi,
> > > Your question negates the issue at hand. It is therefore only
> > describes
> > > a part of the problem. The problem is that you refuse to address the
> > > issue by only talking in terms of English language Wikipedia.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.omegawiki.org/Expression:%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AD_%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure if I understand, sorry -- I don't see how that thread was "
> >
> > en.wikipedia only," but it's possible that I'm just missing it. I've
> > only
> > done any significant editing at en.wikipedia and simple.wikipedia,
> > unfortunately. Having experience at more of them would probably help me
> > to
> > broaden my horizons.
> >
> > As for the WiktionaryZ/OmegaWiki link, is that automated, or is that all
> > set
> > up by hand? I'm not too familiar with it.
> >
> > -Luna
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