[WikiEN-l] Cultural distinctions are accidental? Consensus among cultures is bad?
Raphael Wegmann
raphael at psi.co.at
Thu Jun 8 16:20:53 UTC 2006
Anthony DiPierro wrote:
>
> Jimbo claims he's said this many times in the past. I couldn't find
> any, but if anyone else can maybe I can better understand what he's
> saying. If Jimbo does "NOT think that cultural distinctions between
> difference language Wikipedias are accidental", then he must think
> they're intentional. That raises the question as to who intended
> these distinctions, and what distinctions were intended. I always
> thought the English Wikipedia at least was supposed to be neutral with
> regard to culture. Maybe English is the exception?
>
Regardless whether the cultural distinctions are intended or not,
they are a fact. I would consider i.e. a translation of terms like
Islam and Terrorism from english to arabic and vice versa very
exciting. I honestly thought about paying a translator to do it.
--
Raphael
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