[Foundation-l] A dangerous precedent

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Thu Dec 27 21:53:43 UTC 2007


Dan Rosenthal wrote:
> We've been over this a million times in the past year or so on this  
> list. While preserving small languages is a positive externality of  
> the Wikimedia projects, it is NOT the stated goal of the project. It  
> is simply a useful side effect.  It is not, and cannot be, our main  
> focus.
Who is suggesting that it be a main focus?  These tasks have a role, so 
let's find the best projects for them.  It may not be a "stated" goal, 
but it is a valuable incidental goal. 

Ec



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