Ouch. You have to start appreciating the benifits of multi language projects a bit more
here, AJF/WarX. It is a fact that there are people that do not have too much of a clue of
the English language and they can be, and are, valuable members of the Commons community.
At the same time we have to help those non English speakers/readers. Those that are able
to speak the languages that are used and are at the same time able to participate in
English, have to take care of translating basic documentation and templates, so that the
messages we're throwing at them can be understood[1]. Please do assume that speaking
English is a requirement to be able to participate on Commons. If you do, you are
violating the basic goal of Commons: "Welcome to the Wikimedia Commons a database of
969,179 media files to which anyone can contribute" [2]
Cheers, Siebrand
[1] Check the main page, it's available in dozens of languages. Quite an archievement
if you ask me: "Alemannisch | Aragonés | العربية | Asturianu | Català | Česky |
Cymraeg | Deutsch | Ελληνικά | English | Español | Français | Gaeilge | Galego | Bahasa
Indonesia | Italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | עברית | Latine | Lëtzebuergesch | Lietuvių | Magyar |
Bahasa Melayu | Plattdüütsch | Nederlands | Norsk (nynorsk) | Norsk (bokmål) | Polski |
Português | Русский | Slovenčina | Slovenščina | Sunda | Suomi | Svenska | ภาษาไทย |
Tagalog | Türkçe | 简体中文 | 繁體中文 | 廣東話 | Беларуская | Brezhoneg | Български | Dansk | Eald
Englisc | Eesti | Esperanto | Euskara | فارسی | Føroyskt | ગુજરાતી | हिन्दी | Hrvatski |
Interlingua | Íslenska | Қазақша | ಕನ್ನಡ | Kapampangan | Молдовеняскэ | Nedersaksisch (NL)
| Română | Seeltersk | Shqip | Српскоhrvatski | Српски | தமிழ் | Українська | Tiếng Việt.
[2]
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: commons-l-bounces(a)wikimedia.org [mailto:commons-l-bounces@wikimedia.org] Namens Artur
Fijalkowski
Verzonden: dinsdag 14 november 2006 0:54
Aan: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List
Onderwerp: Re: [Commons-l] Bands from Brazil - Why?
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Not for:
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* teaching people what are copyrights (especially when they DON'T understand English
language)
AJF/WarX