[Wikipedia-l] A proposal for a new language in wikipedia

Sat Sep 18 02:26:48 UTC 2004

Why would anyone look for that same article in the Latin-language
encyclopedia, or an Esperanto-language encyclopedia?

James

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Mark Williamson wrote:

>Uhh... what about Hebrew? Manchu? Manx? Cornish? Since when do
>languages not revive successfully by teaching them to children?
>  
>
They revive successfully by teaching them to children as a daily-use 
language.  Is Wikipedia related to that?  I suppose it could be in some 
ways, but I can't seriously see people using the Gothic Wikipedia as a 
source of general encyclopedia-type information.  If you want to know 
some random fact (say, the biography of Charlemagne), why would anyone 
look for it in a Gothic-language encyclopedia?

-Mark

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