[Foundation-l] Fwd: NYTimes.com: African Languages Grow as a Wikipedia Pr...

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

daniwo59 at aol.com wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 8/27/2006 6:17:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
> gerard.meijssen at gmail.com writes:
> 
> It is  imho wrong to call it languages in developing regions, it is not 
> that  simple and the article cited is about Wikipedia in its African  
> settings.
> 
> 
> 
> Actually, the article cited doesnt mention WiktionaryZ, which was the bulk  
> of your email. I am talking in principle, when we refer to projects that need a 
>  nudge, let's not just focus on African languages because it happens to be in 
>  vogue. There are plenty of other important languages out there that also 
> need a  gentle push so that they can reach their full potential.
>  

Unfortunately the people who are likely to know these languages are
unlikely to want to contribute to Wikipedia, because they'd probably see
it as a waste of time/doomed to fail/whatever. Still, I can ask people...

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