[Wikipedia-l] Requests for new Wikipedias?

[Andre Engels]

One thing that gets me irritated is that you do not use 1 or 2
messages for Friulian, but over 20 already. That quickly destroys any
wish to support you. After 3 or 4 messages, the reaction changes to
"we know that already". At least for me.

Andre Engels


On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:48:10 -0700, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I had gathered that people were getting fed up with requests from me
> for new Wikipedias, and now somebody has said it to my face.
> 
> It's really a bit weird from where I am though because I have
> requested only two new Wikipedias, the first one having been created
> and now growing steadily, and the second one (Friulian) with popular
> support from speakers of the language that is surer than it was for
> Sicilian (people committed for Sicilian, but they weren't Wikipedians
> already).
> 
> Now, in this message I don't want to ask your opinion about policy or
> about whether or not a certain Wikipedia should be created, I just
> want to know this:
> Are you fed up with the requests from me for new Wikipedias? Why?
> 
> I realise I may not be a fluent speaker of either of the languages I
> requested, but the way people are talking (somebody referred to me
> "flooding" this list with requests) makes it sound like I am selecting
> languages at random from a list and requesting them at a rate of 10
> per week or something, when in fact I had already asked fluent
> speakers if they would be interested, got a commitment, and so far
> have only requested two Wikipedias (a few months ago, I asked Brion to
> create sc: on IRC [but not this list!], and I recognise now that was
> probably a mistake)
> 
> Mark
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