[Wikipedia-l] Re: Jimbo interview on NPR Friday?

[David Gerard]

Timwi (timwi at gmx.net) [050528 08:23]:

> Now imagine this Navajo speaker happens upon this English-only news 
> flash about the English Wikipedia, which doesn't even mention with a 
> single word that Wikipedias in any other languages exist, must less 
> Navajo. What are they going to think? You bet, they will assume it is 
> English-only.


As has already been pointed out, the multilingual nature of Wikipedia was
literally the VERY FIRST THING mentioned in the show. A ten-minute segment
then discussed in some detail the problems of small Wikipedias for large
numbers of people. Did you listen to the show before saying the above?


- d.