[Foundation-l] Language Prevention Committee created

Tue Mar 27 06:08:47 UTC 2007

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It's a nice policy.

I'm sure the moon would be a pleasant place to live, if only I could
get there and had a supply of water and oxygen and food.

Mark

On 26/03/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On 3/26/07, GerardM <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > You have to appreciate that by having a committee, a committee that spends a
> > lot of time to come up with some sensible policies, they have to have a
> > certain authority because only this will make things move forward. The
> > requirement of the message files has  been communicated on many occasions.
> > It is the one thing stopping projects becoming full projects.
>
> As far as Gerard and I have talked about this issue and I understand
> it, it seems like a sensible policy to me. If you want a new language,
> it should not be that difficult to at least prepare the groundwork for
> MediaWiki localization before you start. If you cannot even get that
> organized, how are you ever going to write a useful encyclopedia?
>
> --
> Peace & Love,
> Erik
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