[Foundation-l] Preservation of cultural diversity and minority languages

[Chad]

I'd have to agree. While they are noble goals (and may come about as a result
of the pursuit of our goals), they aren't our goals.

-Chad

On Feb 8, 2008 12:36 PM, Jesse Martin (Pathoschild)
<pathoschild at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to "collect and develop
> educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and
> to disseminate it effectively and globally". The preservation of
> cultural diversity and of minority languages are noble missions, but
> not those of the Wikimedia Foundation (which does not seek to fulfill
> every noble mission in the world).
>
> < http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Mission >
>
> --
> Yours cordially,
> Jesse Martin (Pathoschild)
>
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2008 11:49 AM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod at mccme.ru> wrote:
> > Related to this discussion:
> >
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Language_subcommittee#Localisation
> >
> > After we have heard the opinions of two language subcommittee members
> > (both of whom I highly respect), I would like to ask the community: Are
> > the preservation of cultural diversity and minority languages (secondary)
> > Wikimedia goals?
> >
> > Both answers yes or no could actually have some implications.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Yaroslav
> >
> >
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