[Foundation-l] Allow new wikis in extinct languages?

Ziko van Dijk zvandijk at googlemail.com
Sat Mar 29 23:07:57 UTC 2008


You're right in that, identity is not enough. But to a Sorabian, his
community is a part of his life. It would be inappropriate to tell him
something like that he should not waste his time with that useless language
but speak German only (or English only).
Ziko van Dijk




> That's the crux of the question, though---is supporting linguistic
> identity, even in cases where it doesn't serve to communicate
> information to a wider range of people, a goal of the Wikimedia
> foundation? Some interpretations of the mission statement have said no.
>
> -Mark


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