[WikiEN-l] Promoting non-en Wikipedias (was In defence of Google)

[Oskar Sigvardsson]

On 1/22/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/22/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What can we do for countries where people routinely use the English
> > wikipedia and ignore their own language Wikipedia? I try to push local
>
> Start by formalising this concept, and producing a special interface
> for people who are reading the non-local version of their Wikipedia.
> For example, a user in the .fr domain whose language settings are set
> to FR reads a page on EN.  The interface could simultaneously present
> him with the english and french versions of the article (assuming they
> exist) and perhaps suggest to him that he might like to contribute to
> the FR version.
>
> Steve

Speaking as a Swede who hardly ever visit the Swedish wikipedia (I
know, I'm part of the problem, blah, blah blah ;), that would annoy
the crap out of me.

--Oskar