[Wikipedia-l] Individual Wikipedias for different Sinitic vernaculars (Cantonese debate) - update

Andrew Lih andrew.lih at gmail.com
Fri Jan 28 00:35:32 UTC 2005


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:14:29 -0700, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 3. Why are you so much against these Wikipedias being created if they
> are as you say so useless? Could it hurt?

Mark, the dialect-specific Wikipedias don't "hurt" per se.

But the ZH Wikipedia is already disproportionately small, even
miniscule, given the worldwide population of speakers. That's why some
are afraid of splintering the effort too early.

Andrew Lih (User:Fuzheado)



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