[Wiktionary-l] Re: The Japanese Wiktionary have been locked temporarily

Sat Feb 19 08:39:52 UTC 2005

Anthere wrote:
 > cookfire a écrit:
 >
 >> When reading the eG's message, I was also wondering what is so special
 >> about Japanese copyright law that it makes building up a free dictionary
 >> harder than in other languages. I must say that I do understand the
 >> problem with vandalism. Since the summer the English Wiktionary gets a
 >> lot of vandalism and spamvertising too. The months before that the
 >> problem was far less. The French, Dutch and Spanish Wiktionaries are
 >> relatively calm as far as vandalism is concerned, but maybe the Japanese
 >> Wiktionary attracts Chinese spammers as well. What I see as a solution
 >> is to create a broad base of sysops, so obvious vandalism and
 >> spamvertising can be killed on the spot (and thus only wastes the time
 >> of one person). Of course the trick is to find dependable people who are
 >> able and want to consacrate a lot of time to the project. It takes a bit
 >> of time for them to show up, but they do exist.
 >>
 >> Good luck,
 >>
 >> Polyglot
 >
 >
 > It is true having much more sysops would help, but if a few people only
 > come to the place, it will not change anything
 >
 > A solution might rather be the possibility for combined recent changes
 >
 > Ant

Anthere, as I wrote, I have been trying to recruit contributors among 
Japanese community. I believe this is the best solution and also I 
believe I can accomplish this under the current condition. I don't throw 
out my hope yet. I try my best. Please give us time.

Best,

eG
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