Re: [Wikimedia-l] knowing English is a privilege (was Re: Paid translation)

> Wikidata's Lexeme project is progressing slowly, but its direction is right. > It will finally build a technical platform that is actually good for a > dictionary. A wiki article is a very similar type to dictionary presentation of lexemes. The best dictionaries also cover morphemes, e.g.,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] knowing English is a privilege (was Re: Paid translation)

Le 02/03/2018 à 00:46, Jean-Philippe Béland a écrit : I think this is à propos in this discussion about how authoritative can be the Wiktionary... here a scientific article starts by using a definition from the Wiktionary:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] knowing English is a privilege (was Re: Paid translation)

I think this is à propos in this discussion about how authoritative can be the Wiktionary... here a scientific article starts by using a definition from the Wiktionary: http://theconversation.com/de-facebook-au-developpement-des-plantes-quand-les-reseaux-sen-melent-90891 JP On Thu, Mar 1, 2018

Re: [Wikimedia-l] knowing English is a privilege (was Re: Paid translation)

2018-02-28 23:09 GMT+02:00 James Salsman : > > > building an authoritative dictionary is considerably > > harder than building a (de facto) authoritative encyclopedia. > > What reason is there to think that? My any measure of editor hours, or > the amount of money it would take

Re: [Wikimedia-l] knowing English is a privilege (was Re: Paid translation)

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 1:09 PM James Salsman wrote: > > We are not *teaching* encyclopedia articles. > > What is the difference between delivering the text of an encyclopedia > article and teaching it? Depending on one's understanding of "teaching", and its expected