On 28 September 2011 16:13, Deryck Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > Being a founding sysop of the Cantonese Wikipedia and a member of WMHK, I've > had experience handling skepticism towards regional language Wikipedias. > > Where speakers of that language (both first and second) are concerned, I > think it is the chapter's duty to promote the project rather than feed the > skepticism. It is important for the chapter to make clear to the public the > Wikimedia movement's position about regional languages and projects in those > languages.
I fully agree. The British governement has made various commitments with regard to regional languages in the UK <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_Kingdom#Status> and the regional language versions of Wikipedia are one very real way of helping promote the wider use of these languages. Andrew [[User:BabelStone]] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
