[Foundation-l] Wikipedia Policy Interlingual Coordinationn - WP:NOT

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Sat Aug 8 06:38:13 UTC 2009


Mark Williamson wrote:
> My point is that this situation has arisen many times in the past and
> the response is very frequently a simple "We can't help you, it's a
> local issue". Of course it should be dealt with at a local level but I
> think that the foundation should be a little less hands-off than it
> has often been when it comes to smaller communities where people have
> been allowed to wield tremendous influence just because they got to a
> wiki first.
It doesn't even need to be the Foundation.  Any group of people with 
objectivity and people skills would suffice.  Of course, where another 
language is at the heart of the controversy there are special 
difficulties in getting outsiders to understand the particular problem.

Ec



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