[WikiEN-l] User honored by the Senate of Puerto Rico

[joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu]

Quoting Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:

> On 04/12/2007, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 11/30/07, John Reaves <johnreaveswp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I thought this should be announced here (if it hasn't been already) to
>> > remind us that we are here to build an encyclopedia, not obsess 
>> over drama.
>>
>> And yet, the complete lack of interest in this thread offers a deeper
>> glimpse into the mind of a mailing list junkie than do all those
>> weekly drama-thons.
>
> In our defence, a subject line with a non-English speaking country in
> it on the English Wikipedia mailing list is easily ignored assuming it
> to be someone not knowing which mailing list to use. That's not a
> criticism of John Reaves, the subject was very well chosen - I wish
> everyone used such concise, descriptive subjects - it's just bad luck
> that it happened to be about non-English speaking country showing an
> interest in the English Wikipedia.

Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States, not a "non-English 
speaking
country". While Spanish is the common language a large fraction of the
population speaks English as well. I suspect that this thread hasn't gotten
much attention because there isn't any need for attention. People don't have a
perception that the encyclopedia is somehow under threat and that if their
version of policy isn't accepted then all will fall to the hordes of vandals.