[Foundation-l] The status of smaller languages on the Wikimedia Commons

[amgine at saewyc.net]

On Sun, 2006-07-05 at 01:29 +0200, Daniel Arnold wrote:

> Well there is already a project in Commons perfectly suited for that
case and
> people are working right now in there and I really wonder why people
seem to
> think that an translation effort of Wikimedia Commons needs to be
coordinated
> by a "sub commitee" (sorry if I read that word I read "be aware of
> bureaucracy").
>
> Basically all we need are people that just do things without large
meetings,
> scedules and debates and start working up the tasks at:
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Help_page_maintenance
>
> For sure I appreciate any help but it is more than just that single minor
> important main page that needs to be translated but real help pages like
this
> one:
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:First_steps
>
> Regards,
> Daniel Arnold
>
I'm really glad to hear you don't need any help in this regard, Arnomane.
The committee is there to offer help if it is needed, not to get in the
way of any project's efforts at translation.

Amgine