[Wikipedia-l] Languages: crossing a border?

Tue Apr 6 05:02:10 UTC 2004

From: "Brion Vibber" <brion at pobox.com>
> Certainly there are people who have derided the existence of the 
> Esperanto-language Wikipedia, but having it has brought a number of 
> people to Wikipedia in general, such as myself, who might not have been 
> called to it otherwise. I started patching the old UseMod wiki to 
> better support Esperanto and Unicode, and ended up pretty much 
> maintaining the software and server config.
> Will an Esperanto-language Wikipedia really educate lay readers in the 
> future better? Maybe, maybe not. But as a recruiting tool it's 
> certainly been a success, and I'd rather not begrudge that chance to 
> others.

Well said, Brion!
I first found Wikipedia through
a mention of the eo.wiki by
Don Harlow I believe. And
I've enjoyed so much being
able to look up quite informative
texts in Esperanto and other
languages! The Interlingua
wiki has grown too, by getting
people interested and adding
articles who perhaps may never
have had the urge to translate or
compose in this beautiful auxiliary
and international language. 

Not to get overly sappy or anything
but I really appreciate everything
you've done for the Wikipedia.
There isn't a day that goes by
that I don't think appreciatively of
all the help you've been, Brion,
and so many others also, who
are dedicated to keeping this
project running, in the late nights,
and during times when things
go hay-wire. Thanks for keeping
everything working so well for 
the benefit of so many.

With sincere thanks,
Jay B.
[[User:ILVI]]