[WikiEN-l] poor writing skills of some non-english speaking wiki contributors

[Stevertigo]

> >It may not sound politically correct to say this, but we do have a
problem
> >on wiki with the standard of english used in some articles by people who
do
> >not speak english as a first language. While the contributors write
serious
> >and worthwhile articles, their limited knowledge of english can produce
> >articles that require major rewriting to reach a usable standard.
>

I think this is nonsense. Proper English is a product of specialization.
English is not the property of English speakers, but a lingua franca that
everyone owns. Hence, its destined to become simplified - phonetic - scratch
that - fonetic speling iz tha furst thing laikli tu hapen tu English - or it
should. Someday soon.

All that registered - I dislike the tone of enforcing propriety. It smacks
of elitism.
The articles that Ive seen - written in funky English - are generally
intelligible - and If I come across one, Ill usually take time to edit it.

If someone wants to make it their perorgative to take this on as a task -
and to enlist other in it, then so be it. Bat formalaizing som kaind ov
Englo-defensyzm is the most tryvial of persuts. If that was the spirit in
which this was raised.

-S