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Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 12:31:36 -0800 From: Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Death to the comma count! To: wikipedia-l@wikipedia.org
Takuya Murata wrote:
Only my concern is that we should not make a decision in
the
place where people can't participate. Yes, every one can discuss here but only if they speak English. It seems most of wikipedians in ja.wikipedia knows almost nothing about what is going on the administration stage like here or village pump in en.wikipedia.
If you are talking about only en.wikipedia (since this mailing list is in English), forgive me about my misunderstanding.
My suspecion is that we should stop using universal system for all of editions. Different languages need different coordination. The couting artciels should depend on the language of edition. Therefore, the discussion here should be irrelevant and we should move this to each wikipedia's village pump.
There are very few rules that should apply across all
language
Wikipedias. Perhaps some very serious things like NPOV or
not insulting
each other, but in most areas I agree with your intent.
At the same time, the much larger number of participants in
the English
Wikipedia means that more subjects get discussed with a
wider range of
opinions.
Needless to say, we can't use this as excuse for ignoring the minority.
When much later an issue arises in one of the other
languages it would
be a good idea for somebody to translate a summary of the
English
discussion with a fair representation of all sides. After
that there is
no need to come to the same conclusion as the English
speakers.
I more like United Nations style than that of federal government and states in the United States. We probably should reflect the opinion of each edition not convey the central opinion to each.