[Foundation-l] Priorities

[GerardM]

Hoi,
No. It does not need it.

Success is relative. The English language Wikipedia will not aid the
survival of the English language. Consider that the Bangla Wikipedia is the
biggest on-line resource in the Bangla. Bangla will also not be saved by
Wikipedia. But for other languages Wikipedia makes a REAL difference. When
there is a proper localisation for MediaWiki, it can be used outside of the
WMF as well.

No, the English language Wikipedia may bring in most of the funding even
most of the readers but it does not make the same difference as several
projects in other languages do.

Thanks,
    GerardM

On 10/23/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>
> On 10/23/07, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hoi,
> > It is in the in the way we present the Wikimedia Foundation; in
> interviews
> > and in presentations the English language Wikipedia dominates. When
> > something is done in the English Wikipedia it is news. Something of
> equal
> > relevance in another project is not. When you consider the massive
> > improvements that have happened in Wiktionary ... Nobody knows, seems to
> > care. This is the pattern. When people discuss technical developments it
> > does not happen when it is not of relevance for the English Wikipedia.
> Who
> > cares that there is no language file in MediaWiki for a fifth of the
> > languages we say MediaWiki supports ?
> >
> I've noticed something else related to this that I found disturbing.
> When Jimbo describes Wikia he says "Wikipedia is the encyclopedia and
> Wikia is all the rest of the library."  Isn't the rest of the library
> Wiktionary, and Wikinews, and Wikibooks, and Wikiversity, etc?
>
> At the same time, though, the English language Wikipedia is by far the
> most successful project.  Of course it's going to dominate interviews
> and presentations and news and discussions.  These are things the
> foundation couldn't control even if it wanted to.  And surely the
> English language Wikipedia generates the most revenue.  As a result,
> shouldn't it be entitled to spend an equivalent portion of that
> revenue?
>
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