[Foundation-l] Translatewiki illustrates how low internationalisation is in the priorities of the Wikimedia Foundation

[Arlen Beiler]

Or boycott their translations and start a WMF transwiki.

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Teofilo <teofilowiki at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2011/1/28 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>:
> > When the CIA uses MediaWiki and it does, we are
> > happy because as a result we do and did get feedback on the use of our
> > project. When the CIA wants to use LocalisationUpdate and its people help
> > localise at translatewiki.net we could not be more happy.
>
> As I said, I have nothing about anybody reusing the contents. However
> I am against entering into a community with anybody. I want to enter
> only communities with which I share some values.
>
> Let's forget about the CIA. I have nothing against the CIA.
>
> Let's imagine a group with non-democratic values provides translators
> to Translatewiki. Then that group has a legitimacy to have a say in
> the way Translatewiki is managed. Then that group can impose its power
> structure in the management of Translatewiki. Then for some
> unexplained reason, they hire bad translators, who really do bad work.
> Can I say "hello, I am from Wikipedia, and I think your translation is
> wrong, please change it". No I can't. It is too late. They have
> imposed their non-democratic power structure, and there is no way to
> change what people superior to me in their non-democratic hierarchical
> power structure are imposing. In a non-democratic power structure the
> only thing you can do is shut up.
>
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