Hoi, An answer like that justifies and inforces the notion that Commons is only for those that can read / write English. To me this is not acceptable because it degrades Commons to less then what it should be, what it could be. Thanks, GerardM
2008/12/9 Magnus Manske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Gerard Meijssen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hoi, > > When people from other projects tell me that this is one of the reasons > why > > they do not bother with Commons, I have to disbelieve them? Try to find > > "paard" and you will not be served in the same way as with "horse" the > > search result is inferior. Dutch is not the worst option, try "ίππος" > and > > you find nothing. This is Greek and it also means horse. > > They might not be able to find "ίππος". However, they might be able to > use this big list of word pairs called a dictionary to translate > "ίππος" into English "horse" and search for that. > > Not very comfortable, but hardly impossible as you claim. > > Magnus > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l