[Wikipedia-l] Re: In a massive, and often anonymous context, how do we know each other?

[Anthere]

Actually, no, really no

Here is what I see on the main page of russian wikipedia


???????? ?? ????????? — ????????? ????????????.
?? ?????? ??????
???? | ?????? ? ?????????

????????? — ????????? ???????????? ????????????. ?????, ? ?? 
????????????? ???????, ??????????? ? ??????? 2002 ????, ?????????? 
?????? ?????????? 14528. ? ?????? ??? ?????????? ???????????? ??? 
????????: ?? ?????? ????? ?????? ???????? ??? ????????? ????? ?????? ??? 
??????? ?????.

Here is what I get after translation

???????? ?? ????????? — ????????? ????????????.
?? ?????? ??????
???? | ?????? ? ?????????

????????? — ????????? ???????????? ????????????. ?????, ? ?? 
????????????? ???????, ??????????? ? ??????? 2002 ????, ?????????? 
?????? ?????????? 14528. ? ?????? ??? ?????????? ???????????? ??? 
????????: ?? ?????? ????? ?????? ???????? ??? ????????? ????? ?????? ??? 
??????? ?????.


Well I do not know what *you* see, but *I* see only ???.


The finnish link should work though ;-)

ant

Mark Williamson a écrit:
> You can Google translate Japanese and Chinese :)
> 
> I also recommend http://translate.ru for Russian,
> http://www.uco.com.ua/translate for Ukrainian,
> http://www.internostrum.com/ for Catalan (it translates Catalan ->
> Spanish, so you will need to use another MT too),
> https://websmart.kielikone.fi/eng/kirjaudu.asp for Finnish,
> http://presis.amebis.si/prevajanje/index.asp for Slovene,
> http://www.poltran.com/ for Polish,
> http://www.worldlingo.com/en/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html
> for Greek, and actually for most of the languages Google supports I
> recommend http://www.reverso.net/ instead (although Reverso has a
> limit of 200 characters for plain text translation).
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Apr 1, 2005 10:54 AM, Anthere <anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>>Joseph Reagle a écrit:
>>
>>>On Friday 01 April 2005 00:19, Anthere wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>At least for me, I come to know the others in watching what they say and
>>>>do. When I notice someone put a wise or funny or creative comment a
>>>>couple of times in a row, I go to his user page. I try to decipher the
>>>>person a little bit. Then I go to his contributors list. Try again to
>>>>see what could make him tick. Then I store the information somewhere.
>>>
>>>
>>>So you keep a "log" of people you've encountered? I've started this myself
>>>actually...
>>
>>I keep a log of people in my head.
>>The only problem is that I can only easily "observe" people in languages
>>I understand. Or at least those I can google translate. It is much
>>harder with say... russians, japanese, chinese...
>>
>>Those are actually less involved in the international community than for
>>example the french, the germans or the dutch. Very unfortunately.
>>
>>I know not how other people do; but I know most editors like to be in a
>>homy environnement, and just stick to their project. Their project can
>>be a certain wikipedia, or development, or precisely international issues.
>>
>>In the end, most editors reconstruct a little community united by a
>>common goal. You just need some bridging people to insure flows
>>circulate between the little community patches. When an editor belongs
>>to two patches, you get a point :-) Ultimately, there is just a tightly
>>network of little communities, and even if one can't know everyone, one
>>can feel at home :-)
>>
>>Ant
>>
>>
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