Gerard, I don't understand why you're answering to me!
I agree with everything you wrote.
I'm trying to help in editing the Swahili version, but only during my
spare time, which is not very much!
Ciao,
Nino
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Gerard Meijssen ha scritto:
pinco wrote:
Andre Engels ha scritto:
... It will be much easier for us to
create an excellent in resource in English and French than a mediocre
one in 500 different African languages....
THIS is reasonable... and realistic, in my opinion.
Ciao,
Nino
We are creating a resource in English, French and name all the other
languages. These resources are culturally biased. When people want to
create their own wikipedia, a wikipedia in their own language, we
should support that. If there is one thing, we have time and money to
work on our projects. We can make them as NPOV as our community allows
us to be.
When a new project is started, it has to get momentum but when you
watch the subjects that THEY choose to write about, you know that it
is significantly different from what the emphasis is on the en fr nl
projects. African wikipedia do not start writing about America, France
the Netherlands. They write about their country, their language, their
government, their issues. Even with all the good intentions that we
have, we cannot write a proper encyclopedia that is relevant in
another culture. What we can do is enable people to write an
encyclopedia in their own language.
Thanks,
GerardM
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