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

Tue Jul 15 00:03:19 UTC 2003

--- Walter Vermeir <walter at wikipedia.be> wrote:
> 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.

I agree with you Walter of course :-)

> > 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.

no, you did not understand, but I see the explanation
was given

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

I know the field concerned. I was trained in that
field, and I worked in that field. Hence, I can say
the article is worth (the translation is awful :-))

Now, the good news : the article *landed well* on the
italian wiki. It is now separated in three articles.

I hope they will be phase III soon.

cheers

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