Delirium wrote:
As you noted, the choice is a political one, and I'm not sure we ought to be in the business of running political campaigns. Providing resources for anyone to work on a Wikipedia in any language they choose, sure; but to actively promote the use of particular languages over other languages isn't our place.
If I understand correctly, it's not a political issue in the sense of being controversial, it's a political issue in that polticians all want to do something about it. That's what I meant in my original post, anyway. The need for educational material in Hindi and regional languages is not controversial. Most schools in India will continue to use an Indian language in their classes, regardless of what we do.
-- Tim Starling