[Wikipedia-l] Re: A portal page for www.wikipedia.org (was Re: Whywww.wikipedia.org => en.wikipedia.org ?)

[Jens Ropers]

On 9 Jan 2005, at 08:24, Anthere wrote:

> Now... whatever your opinion NSK, please respect Jens work. He took  
> time to set these flags, many websites use such a mean, and it has the  
> merit of being visual, so easier to navigate. I wish that no flame war  
> begins over the topic, so choose your words more carefully.
>

Thanks :)

And while you may disagree with my proposal, I'd still like to bolster  
the case for flags and add that images are easier click targets. Try a  
speed test -- from loading http://www.wikipedia.org , how long does it  
take to click on Japanese? Then try  
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php? 
title=Www.wikipedia.org_portal&oldid=88466 , how long does it take you  
there? (I would have offered Hebrew, but the metric's horribly biased,  
because there's only one inline flag -- added just before the reverting  
started.)

I still think flags/images are a generally preferable solution. Yes,  
there would be fights over, say, Chinese and the flag of the PR of  
China. Or over English and using a US flag. But I think the entire  
Wikipedia concept shows that risking it, doing it anyway and letting  
the wiki process do its magic can solve these issues -- and it's better  
than having a dull text-only page forever.

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