On 29 July 2012 22:39, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29 July 2012 22:33, Steven Walling <steven.wall...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I can see how you would think this if you're not involved with these > > communities, but a clear majority of the active editors on Portuguese > > Wikipedia are in fact Brazilian. The description given is not inaccurate. > > While I may not be involved in the Portuguese Wikipedia, I do have a > masters degree in mathematics, so I can reliably inform you that > "majority" is not the same as "all". > > The WMF tends to employ smart people, so I assume that whoever wrote > that bit of the plan knew that that wasn't the most accurate way of > describing the activity. So, my question to you is: why did they > describe it that way? Why say "Portuguese Wikipedia’s top > contributors" when "a selection of Wikipedians in Brazil" would have > been far more accurate? > > Because everyone describes themselves in a way that makes them sound the most powerful. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l