On 25 Sep 2004, at 17:18, Fred Bauder wrote:
This is misleading and a potential source of
embarassment to them. We
will
jump all over them if they come on and try to rewrite articles, "POV,
blah
blah blah", "Wikipedia is not an appropriate place for political
advocacy"
and so on.
Who says that they won't follow best NPOV practices?
Who says their contributions will be sheer advocacy?
I'm talking about inviting more contributors from the other side of the
globe to participate in the process in the best possible spirit.
If that will balance some of our biased views and misconceptions then
more power to them.
Yes, there could very likely be an initial zealous rush -- but isn't
the same true with most other newcomers to our project?
I don't see the majority of new and enthusiastic Wikipedians becoming
trolls.
I have full faith that Chinese individuals are no less capable of
learning constructive collaboration than U.S. individuals.
-- ropers [[en:User:Ropers]]
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