On 5 March 2011 21:48, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> wrote:
> The notion that everyone working on Wikipedia and MediaWiki is a volunteer > is a fallacy. > The one thing I have been advocating is that the different languages and > scripts are performing technically on a level playing field. This is not the > case and there is a lot that can be achieved with modest investments. At > this stage we do not want to invest in specific languages to create content. > If a language is viable and can operate on a level playing field the > communities will do their thing in the way that fits for them. Yes. The advocates of a minimal Foundation are missing the point that "in their own language" is an extremely good reason to spend money on the necessary translations and so forth. The Chapter structure is a brilliant way to get this sort of thing locally self-organising and not be run from San Francisco. But as Amir points out, this results in very patchy coverage. Really. Take the sentence: "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment." - and think of how to fund everything that implies, or to fund its encouragement, or to fund encouraging the funding of its encouragement. The WMF as it stands is *tiny* for such a goal. - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
