[Wikipedia-l] Re: [Foundation-l] Day 4 Fund Drive Report (updated)

Wed Feb 23 10:13:46 UTC 2005

Mark Williamson said:
>
> My point is, I would be heartbroken if English copies of Wikipedia
> print editions are handed out in schools on Hopi, or the school in
> Havasupai, or schools in the Tohono O'odham Nation or the Navajo
> Nation or the Gaeltachta.

English is a very widely spoken second language (a compulsory subject in
Chinese schools, for instance) and the English language Wikipedia is by
far the most mature.  Soon a person will not be considered educated unless
he can read, if not speak and write, English.