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Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 12:31:36 -0800
From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net>
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Death to the comma count!
To: wikipedia-l(a)wikipedia.org
Takuya Murata wrote:
>Only my concern is that we should not make a decision in
the
place where
people can't participate. Yes, every one can
discuss here but only if they speak English. It seems most
of wikipedians in ja.wikipedia knows almost nothing about
what is going on the administration stage like here or
village pump in en.wikipedia.
If you are talking about only en.wikipedia (since this
mailing list is in English), forgive me about my
misunderstanding.
My suspecion is that we should stop using universal system
for all of editions. Different languages need different
coordination. The couting artciels should depend on the
language of edition. Therefore, the discussion here should
be irrelevant and we should move this to each wikipedia's
village pump.
There are very few rules that should apply across all
language
Wikipedias. Perhaps some very serious things like NPOV
or
not insulting
each other, but in most areas I agree with your
intent.
At the same time, the much larger number of participants in
the English
Wikipedia means that more subjects get discussed with a
wider range of
opinions.
Needless to say, we can't use this as excuse for ignoring
the minority.
When much later an issue arises in one of the other
languages it would
be a good idea for somebody to translate a summary of
the
English
discussion with a fair representation of all sides.
After
that there is
no need to come to the same conclusion as the English
speakers.
I more like United Nations style than that of federal
government and states in the United States. We probably
should reflect the opinion of each edition not convey the
central opinion to each.