[Wikipedia-l] probably one of the most remarkable Wikipedians to date...

[Mark Williamson]

I should add that monitoring recent changes on small and inactive
Wikipedias, I was initially very skeptical of your plans and figured
that they would be unfruitful.

Although it took a while since when you first posted the information
about possible payment for articles, you have shown me to be wrong on
this subject and for that I am very happy.

An issue I have, though, is: how many speakers of Bamana and Fulfulde
have access to the internet, to actually read these articles? How many
even have access to a computer? I know that the hope is that at some
point in the future, more people will be able to read these articles,
but shouldn't their very creation go hand-in-hand with wider
disemination of internet technologies in Mali, Nigeria, Burkina Faso,
Guinea...? I know there has been some activity to install the internet
at local radio stations, but what about the non-broadcasting public,
the plebes? If somebody could set up some sort of "free net-cafe" in
Bamako, with time-limits to prevent one person from using the computer
all the time, and offer classes in how to operate computers, I'm sure
that would help.

Mark

On 16/06/05, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hehe... that liquor on top of that shelf must be nice after spending a
> few hours writing in longhand.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On 16/06/05, Guaka <guaka at no-log.org> wrote:
> > ...can be seen here...
> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Aliu_Amadu_Jallo_working_on_the_first_article_for_ff_wp-1.jpg
> >
> > ...while working on the manuscripts of
> > http://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndimaagu
> >
> > :)
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POSSIT MATERIARI
ESTNE VOLVMEN IN TOGA AN SOLVM TIBI LIBET ME VIDERE