[Wikipedia-l] "The God-King drives a Hyundai"

Thu Feb 17 22:04:40 UTC 2005

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 at 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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