On Tuesday 09 December 2008 08:23:07 Gerard Meijssen wrote: > 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. > > It is indeed ridiculous that for people who do not read / write English, > Commons not a resource that is functional as a resource where you find > freely lincensed pictures. It is however a fact. Do some studies and ask > people to find images, people who do not read English. Try it in Arabic, > Russian, German, Mandarin, French or Dutch. When that does not convince you > try Neapolitan, Nepali, Bangla, Hindi or Xhosa. Have them search for things > that are of interest to a seven year old. Things like a horse... > > I have had the financing to create a demonstration project that > demonstrates that this is a problem that can be solved. Our resources were > limited so the result is not as polished as I would hope for, but it does > include the category tree translated.
Me too - perhaps not as perfect solution, but hopefully adequate: http://toolserver.org/~nikola/mis.php Examples: http://toolserver.org/~nikola/mis.php?uselang=nl&search=paard http://toolserver.org/~nikola/mis.php?uselang=el&search=%CE%AF%CF%80%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l