[Foundation-l] hiding interlanguage links by default is a BadIdea, part 2

[Andreas Kolbe]

Wikipedia is a multilingual reference work. The visibility of the interwiki links made that plain. Please restore them.

A.

--- On Sat, 5/6/10, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] hiding interlanguage links by default is a BadIdea, part 2
> To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Saturday, 5 June, 2010, 19:47
> On 5 June 2010 19:40, Aphaia <aphaia at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > What is the good reason usability team thought data
> from English
> > Wikipedia visitors' behaviors and alone were enough to
> design for all
> > other 200+ languages' readership? It looks me an
> obvious mistake in
> > opposition of your statement.
> 
> 
> Indeed. There appears to be *no* community or reader
> groundswell in
> favour of hiding the interwiki links by default.
> 
> Where are the fans? So far I see Aryeh in favour. Is there
> anyone
> else? On foundation-l or the blog?
> 
> If this is such a good idea, where are the voices in
> favour, outside
> the Foundation staff?
> 
> For a decision that directly contradicts the words of the
> mission
> statement, by hampering the process of people finding
> knowlege in
> their own language, this really does not appear good
> enough.
> 
> Where is the communtiy or reader groundswell *in favour* of
> this move?
> It appears nonexistent.
> 
> 
> - d.
> 
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