[Foundation-l] language proposal policy. let's continue the work

[Mark Williamson]

The idea that people prefer one language to another does not mean they
will not read articles in another language and find them just as
useful, if not moreso.

I certainly prefer English to Spanish, but I have used the Spanish
Wikipedia on many occasions, especially when the article there was
longer or more informative.

Mark

2008/7/19 Andre Engels <andreengels at gmail.com>:
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, there are plenty of languages that people don't prefer to read,
>> but they might understand them better or get more out of them in some
>> ways. How many people, for example, do you think "prefer" Sicilian to
>> Italian? That doesn't mean a Sicilian Wikipedia isn't useful.
>
> I disagree. If someone prefers Italian to Sicilian, they will go to
> the Italian Wikipedia, not the Sicilian one, so they will not be
> getting anything out of the Sicilian one.
>
>
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