On 25 August 2010 23:01, Muhammad Yahia <shipmas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Mark Williamson <node...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I think it has been proven many times over now that the Language > > Committee works in mysterious ways with little or no community > > oversight or input, essentially a self-appointed committee of > > "experts", mostly from similar linguistic backgrounds, handing down > > judgements about the rest of the world's languages from their > > overwhelmingly European ivory tower. It seems we as a community of > > people who care deeply about the future of potential new languages and > > the success of existing language versions within our Wikimedia > > community have no choice but to watch from the sidelines as they do > > what they please. > > > > -m. > > > > > +1 > > Add to that the fact that a portion of their discussion archives is > deliberately hidden from the public as if they are debating state security > issues. So even after a decision is taken, we only have a patchy view of > the > process that led to that decision. > > -- > Best Regards, > Muhammad Yahia > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > I agree with what Muhammad and Mark has said it's a pity that such resolutions that affect the whole community is controlled like this.. resulting in such projects that really make Wikimedia looks like a host for childish projects that's written in a funny language never seen written before in any respectable scientific book, website, etc.. -- - Arabic Wikipedia: http://ar.wikipedia.org/ "Share your knowledge" _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l