[WikiEN-l] Re: Discussion on English Wikipedia in languages other than English
Andrew Venier
avenier at venier.net
Tue Jun 14 17:25:49 UTC 2005
Consider it Wikiquette then.
Compare with a social situation where all those present share a
language. For a few of the participants to suddenly switch to a
language understood by only some to make private comments is quite
simply rude. Of course, these same people could excuse themselves and
have a private conversation or contact each other later to discuss
matters in private ... socially this is more acceptable. Likewise,
brash whispering in such a situation is more likely to offend than a
discreet word in private later.
It may indeed be objectionable, but is probably a matter of manners, not
policy.
dpbsmith at verizon.net wrote:
>People can and do have "private" discussions about articles via email. Is
>there any rule prohibiting this?
>
>Is there rule against discussing articles on this mailing list (knowing full
>well that not all Wikipedians subscribe to this list?)
>
>Is there any rule that forbids any discussion of an article anywhere except
>on that article's Talk page?
>
>If the answer to the above is "no," then what possible objection can there be
>to non-English discussions on a talk page? These discussions are _more_
>public and accessible than _any_ of the above.
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