[Wikipedia-l] The role of a wikipedia for a language like Hopi

[Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:28:42 -0700, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
> You put it very nicely Gerard.
> 
> I don't particularly agree about the requirements, but I do agree with
> everything else you said - an active Wikipedia is an active Wikipedia,
> whether it's being written in a language with 10 speakers or one with
> 1 billion.
> 
> Currently, IIRC our greatest article-to-speaker proportion is for
> Faroese. This is a bit sad since the Faroese Wikipedia doesn't even
> have 200 articles, but if I recall correctly it is the truth (surely
> Welsh and Basque are somewhere nearby in this proportion).

*ahem*

> 
> I could build a complex mathematical model, but I have the feeling
> that a Wikipedia in a language with 1000 speakers has just as much
> growth potential as a Wikipedia in a language with 1 million speakers,
> although one may grow faster than the other, the latter will never
> reach a size that the former cannot achieve as well.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:22:07 +0100, Gerard Meijssen
> <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hoi,
> > To start off with. As far as I am concerned, when the requirements are
> > met for a new project, it can be created. With five people adding one
> > article a week, you have100 articles in 20 weeks. I am happy with that.
> >
> > What we have to consider when we talk about our wikipedias, is that no
> > two projects have the same content. Translations exist, but the majority
> > of the articles written contain info that makes it particular to the
> > language and reflects a culture. We aim to have an encyclopedia in every
> > spoken language. For me it is important that the content that is
> > important for a culture can be found in a wikipedia. When some argue
> > that English will do for the Hopi, I would argue that this may be true
> > for the general information that is provided in the English wikipedia. I
> > would also argue that content will be lacking that is particular to the
> > Hopi. When people who speak Hopi find the urge to create a Hopi
> > Wikipedia and decide not to write about the 1000 subjects that every
> > wikipedia ought to have. I would not be bothered. When they write an
> > encyplodia about their culture, about the things that are relevant to
> > the Hopi, I would be absolutely thrilled.
> >
> > When the Hopi encyclopedia wants to include things that are of a more
> > general nature, it would be great. I am of the opinion that wikipedia is
> > an encyclopedia. Articles should be well written and encyclopedic in
> > nature. .
> >
> > Thanks,
> >     GerardM
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