On 20/11/06, Jacky PB <dpotop1(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello,
I stumbled into a nice little problem concerning
desambig pages. I am not sure this is the right place
to present it, but I could find no policy on it.
So, when going on en.wiki, at "Jew (disambiguation)",
you will find that it does not only include the
various meanings of the word, but also many unrelated
but homophonous words (i.e., words that are pronounced
more or less the same way).
One editor explained me that this is normal, because,
I cite: "A great many peole can't spell, as a read
though the talk pages of messages shows".
The answer is apriori pertinent, and I think it raises
greater questions: Is phonetic search a goal of
wikipedia? Should we think about possible wrong
ortographs of words and put them on wikipedia?
If the subject has been discussed before, please point
me to it.
Thanks,
:en:User:Dpotop
Wikipedia aims to serve as a resource for the literate, the
semi-literate and (possibly) the illiterate. As we are a global
project, we should not start with too many assumptions as to the level
of education of our users (even if we were a national project, this
wouldn't be a good place to start from).
Anything to help our users (as long as it is not too much to the
detriment of our main goals) is worth doing.
--
Oldak Quill (oldakquill(a)gmail.com)