[WikiEN-l] There are no pictures in Wikipedia any more

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Mon Oct 1 19:06:01 UTC 2007


geni wrote:
> On 01/10/2007, Earle Martin <wikipedia at downlode.org> wrote:
>   
>> On 30/09/2007, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> 2)Literacy levels. India has a literacy rate of a bit under 70%
>>>       
>> Out of a population of 1.14 billion [1], that leaves us a mere 798
>> million people. Of whom (if we take a naïve view and assume literacy
>> as a prerequisite) some 65 million speak English as a second
>> language... [2]
>>     
>>> small pool to do the writing
>>>       
>> ...and over forty million of those people have access to the internet. [3]
>>
>> I don't think we're going to be short of willing writers any time soon.
>>     
> Not our writers. Writers to write the local history books. Writers to
> write the detailed history of every train used on the Indian lines
> ever. Writers to write books on local football and cricket teams.
What makes you think that those books don't already exist?

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