[WikiEN-l] Re: There is also an english wikipedia available

Mon Jul 14 23:05:30 UTC 2003

Anthere <anthere6 at yahoo.com> wrote in 
news:20030714202149.67013.qmail at web41704.mail.yahoo.com:

> To quote Walter...
> 
> Could editors on the various international wikipedia
> and english wikipedia (that is the correct
> denomination I guess) 

That is not I find but if you use something different people will not 
understand what you mean. I can live whit it.

> think of *offering* to the
> proper wikipedia, any relevant article that landed by
> mistake in a wrong language on their wikipedia ?
> such as http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgenic_plant
> 
> written in italian on the en wikipedia
> 
> whose content was first blanked, then proposed for
> deletion, and finally googled translated.

I find it normal that a article in the wrong language is deleted. But what 
a Wikipedia does whit that type of "articles" is their business. No need to 
involve the source-wikipedia.

> Perhaps the italian wikipedia might be interested by
> this article ? 

Why should the? 
Why should the Italian Wikipedia care for a article on the Engelish 
Wikipedia that is a google-translated article from the Italian Wikipedia?

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