[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Wikimedia Board Elections

[David Gerard]

On 18/09/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/18/06, Delphine Ménard <notafishz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 9/18/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:

> > >since en.wikipedia isn't just big in
> > > voteing power but in everything else (articles publicity effects on
> > > other projects donations recived representation at the meta level) as
> > > well.

> > Any figures, facts etc. to support this assumption?

> I to a degree follow news articles mentioning wikipedia. While other
> languages are increasing acknowledged en tends to still receive the
> focus of the article. Effects on other projects can be seen in the
> number of translations from en and through the way the policy of many
> tends to be draw from en (see .ru and the whole WP:V thing). When I
> last saw figures most donations came from the US and the foundation
> was far more concerned with getting a donation notice on en than the
> other members of the big 8. Look at the make up of the various coms
> for evidence of the last.


I get press enquiries from non-English-speaking countries asking about
"Wikipedia" and clearly meaning only en:wp. I often have to go to some
effort to find a local editor to talk to them about their local
Wikipedia. (It seems they usually use en: because it's much bigger and
hence more useful to readers.)

It may not be ideal that it's the biggest in mindshare and income as
well as edits, but pretending that it isn't doesn't make it so.


- d.