[Wikipedia-l] Re: [Foundation-l] Day 4 Fund Drive Report (updated)

[pinco]

Gerard, I don't understand why you're answering to me!

I agree with everything you wrote.

I'm trying to help in editing the Swahili version, but only during my 
spare time, which is not very much!

Ciao,
Nino
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Gerard Meijssen ha scritto:

> pinco wrote:
>
>> Andre Engels ha scritto:
>>
>>> ... It will be much easier for us to
>>> create an excellent in resource in English and French than a mediocre
>>> one in 500 different African languages....
>>>
>> THIS is reasonable... and realistic, in my opinion.
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Nino
>
>
> We are creating a resource in English, French and name all the other 
> languages. These resources are culturally biased. When people want to 
> create their own wikipedia, a wikipedia in their own language, we 
> should support that. If there is one thing, we have time and money to 
> work on our projects. We can make them as NPOV as our community allows 
> us to be.
>
> When a new project is started, it has to get momentum but when you 
> watch the subjects that THEY choose to write about, you know that it 
> is significantly different from what the emphasis is on the en fr nl 
> projects. African wikipedia do not start writing about America, France 
> the Netherlands. They write about their country, their language, their 
> government, their issues. Even with all the good intentions that we 
> have, we cannot write a proper encyclopedia that is relevant in 
> another culture. What we can do is enable people to write an 
> encyclopedia in their own language.
>
> Thanks,
>    GerardM
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