On 4/11/06, Philip Welch wikipedia@philwelch.net wrote:
On Apr 11, 2006, at 12:56 AM, Steve Bennett wrote:
Yes, demographic bias. As in the bigger region, in population, size, economy, or familiarity to the majority speakers of the encyclopedia's language, gets the primary link.
Is this a formal policy, I wonder? Is English Wikipedia only intended for English speakers? I didn't think so.
How else, my friend, are people supposed to read the English Wikipedia? If we ever get around to translating en. articles to the other language wikis, we can reorganize them there. I'm sure in the Russian Wikipedia, the country has priority over the state.
Actually, http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%8... appears to be about the state, while the country is at http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F.
-- Mark [[User:Carnildo]]