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

[Mark Williamson]

See, as far as the flag issue goes, what can I say but "I told you
so"? How's that for predicting the future? And before it even became
an issue, I made my feelings well-known so I don't need to state them
again (and since nobody had worked hard when I made my post, or even
mentioned it, my use of "stupid" can't be considered offensive).

Mark

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 08:24:46 +0100, Anthere <anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> NSK a écrit:
> > On Sunday 09 January 2005 06:27, Jens Ropers wrote:
> >
> >>Quite true, however for most (if not all) languages, there is a flag
> >>that is commonly understood to symbolize the language as well
> >>(depending on context).
> >
> >
> > Using flags to represent languages is stupid and discriminatory.
> 
> 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.
> 
> PLEASE
> 
> Anthere
> 
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