I think that's largely due to the fact that since English speakers as
a group (not nessecarily on an individual level) are generally
unaccommodating of other languages (look at the complaints that were
received after the
wikipedia.org domain was made to no longer redirect
to en:) and believe the world revolves around them and them alone,
thus "Wikipedia" to most English speakers means what I would call
"en.wikipedia" or "The English Wikipedia".
On the other hand, I think most French speakers who are aware of the
concept are referring to all versions when they say Wikipédia, at
least much more often than are English speakers.
Thus, while it includes a few prolific editors of en:, it excludes
entirely the big names on all other Wikipedias.
While the big players on the Icelandic Wikipedia would hardly go well
into such an article, the big players on the German, French, Japanese,
etc. Wikipedias would probably fit in very nicely.
I also notice there isn't much diversity, and by that I mean that all
of those people I would put together in a single group as opposed to
for example Ævar or those like him.
Mark
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:07:56 -0500, Sj <2.718281828(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Daniel Pink's WIRED article about Wikipedia,
"the self-organizing,
self-repairing, hyperaddictive library of the future," has hit the
shelves.
Titled "The Book Stops Here", the six-page piece opens with a picture
of Jimbo gazing levelly over a large stack of Britannica volumes and
-- are those the 2001 Florida Statues? It follows up with a set of
beautiful sketches of six active wikipedians (Angela, Bryan Derksen,
Carptrash, Kingturtle, Ram-Man, and Raul654), whose stories are woven
into the article.
Pink deals quite well with the nuances and motivations of the en:
community, and the Wikipedia healing factor. However he all but
ignores other languages (the article's one real flaw), and makes no
mention of Wikimedia, New York, or other gatherings. He also
demonstrates a Pelligrinesque affection for the term "God-King" (the
subject is a quote from the article).
More :
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/2005/02/17#a797
Cheers,
SJ
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