Amusing. I am strongly reminded of the fights over Macedonia and Liancourt
Rocks. Except on those occasions nobody had any illusions that the participants
on all side were any more than puerile time-wasters. Just because this lot have
greater fluency in the English language doesn't mean that
Do we care that 80%
of our projects are failing?
Thanks,
GerardM
No. Why should we? Nobody actually reads shit like the albanian wikibooks
(doesn't matter if that doesn't exist, you get my point). Such projects exist
purely the monomaniacal benefit of the editor(s), not any readers.
collections. Wikipedia *does* make a difference. (and I'd almost
add: donate now ;-) )
Best regards,
Lodewijk
2008/11/30 Christiano Moreschi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do we care that 80%
of our projects are failing?
Thanks,
GerardM
No. Why should we? Nobody actually reads
Huh? Could you please provide some evidence for this striking claim that the
French and German Wikipedias are failing? Let me be clear: I don't think
anybody reads the English wikibooks either!
CM
Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:15:46 +0100
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Thanks,
GerardM
2008/11/30 Christiano Moreschi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No it doesn't. The greatest tool for the education of those poor sods in
the 3rd world is the English Wikipedia, plus Spanish, French, etc. But
mostly en. Here's why.
1. It's the biggest. It's the best. You learn
Have you forgotten that these are WIKIS we are talking about? It's not just a
matter of translation: the technology isn't there to do it automatically and we
don't have the manpower do it manually. Even if the technology were there, it's
a WIKI. Unlike your friend's translations, our content
Lol, global recession and people give MORE to charity? It's a funny old world.
That said, despite this general trend we definitely upgraded the sex appeal of
the banner for this year's run...
CM
Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 13:49:08 -0800
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