[Foundation-l] Cross-wiki articles

Yoni Weiden yonidebest at gmail.com
Sat May 2 14:21:44 UTC 2009


Might I add, [[en:Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire]], which exists in 16
languages, was deleted in the Hebrew Wikipedia.

proper disclosure: I was involved in writing the above article.

Yonidebest

2009/5/2 Yoni Weiden <yonidebest at gmail.com>

> The Hebrew Wikipedia community decided that Southpark episode named "Chef
> Aid" is not worthy of an article, not because of it's content, but because
> it is an unimportant episode.
>
> I now wonder. This episode is available so far in the following wiki
> Languages: English, French, Hungarian and Russian. I am aware that the
> foundation does not like to intervene in local community decisions, and I am
> not looking for a overturn, but rather to understand how this case fits it's
> views and objectives.
>
> Here we have an episode available in 4 languages (and will probably we
> available in more - just a matter of time), but in the Hebrew language it
> will never we available.
>
> "*Imagine a world* in which every single human being can freely share in
> the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment." -- not in the Hebrew
> language (and perhaps, others too?).
>
> see google translated vote page:
>
> http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=iw&js=n&u=http%3A%2F%2Fhe.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F%25D7%2595%25D7%2599%25D7%25A7%25D7%2599%25D7%25A4%25D7%2593%25D7%2599%25D7%2594%3A%25D7%25A8%25D7%25A9%25D7%2599%25D7%259E%25D7%25AA_%25D7%259E%25D7%2595%25D7%25A2%25D7%259E%25D7%2593%25D7%2599%25D7%259D_%25D7%259C%25D7%259E%25D7%2597%25D7%2599%25D7%25A7%25D7%2594%2F%3A%25D7%259E%25D7%2595%25D7%25A4%25D7%25A2_%25D7%2594%25D7%25A1%25D7%2599%25D7%2595%25D7%25A2_%25D7%259C%25D7%25A9%25D7%25A3&sl=iw&tl=en&swap=1
>
> Opinions, please.
> Yonidebest, hewiki user
>


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