Anthere wrote:
In my opinion, this separation of 1) primary audience :
native
english speakers and 2) secondary audience : non native
is not a good idea if it comes to overinflate an issue (such as
circumsision) or underunflate (hum) another (such as excision).
Of course not - that is why I said "within the bounds of NPOV".
Some here may be here to write for the most obvious
audience : americans. But not all of us.
What?! Why the hell does this always come down to American bashing? I was
talking about the /entire/ English speaking world *NOT JUST AMERICANS!!!*.
I do not like the concept of "first" and
"second" audience
because that would be officially stating that we should
primarily write for the first, to the detriment of the second.
No, it means we primarily write for the first and secondarily write for the
second. They are /both/ part of our audience and are both important.
If english people write only or mostly for english
people,
if french people write only or mostly for french people, if
arab people write only or mostly for arab people, then we
fail. Wikipedia fails.
OK, that has got to be the most bizarre thing I've read in a while. I write
for *all* English speaking people. Sorry but how can I write for a French
audience when I don't speak French?
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)