[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia in Chinese dialects
Stirling Newberry
stirling.newberry at xigenics.net
Thu Feb 3 17:22:10 UTC 2005
On Feb 3, 2005, at 11:03 AM, Alex Kwan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Andrew Lih wrote:
>> One done in Mandarin will benefit over 1 billion people who simply
>> don't have a good free encyclopedia, in both senses of the word - free
>> as in beer, and free as in freedom. The faster we get there, the
>> better. And I don't think that's a selfish notion.
>
> I understand what you're saying and where you're coming from. But I
> can't help but see Mark's point, too. To me, you're coming across as,
> I don't want to let you have your pet project because my pet project
> benefits more people.
>
> So *I* will be selfish and ask you, so what if it benefits more
> people? Why should that be my concern just because it is yours?
> Especially when you're giving me the vibe that you could care less
> about my pet project? You're asking for my/our help and yet you're
> dismissive of my/our wants and wishes.
>
I thought the question is what the *readers* want.
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