2011/7/11 Thomas Goldammer <tho...@googlemail.com> > 2011/7/11 emijrp <emi...@gmail.com>: > > @Thomas and @Andre: I know that it is very hard to mantain a Wikipedia in > > 'remote' or 'almost extinct' languages, but, if we don't save as much as > we > > can of them (including words, grammar, culture, social values), how are > we > > going to offer 'all human knowledge' ? > > We offer this knowledge by having articles about the grammar, culture > and social values of these languages, and by having wiktionary entries > for the words of these languages.
I'm OK with this. > We do not need to have the human > knowledge *in* these languages. It would be nice, but it's not necessary to reach the ultimate goal to offer all human > knowledge. > Why not? Why do people need to learn English to read a complete encyclopedia? Biased thinking. > > > > > How many people don't > > understand any Wikipedia today? > > Of those who can read at all, probably much less than 1%. The problem > are those people who can't read. > Be careful, first 1% is from your pocket ({{citation needed}}), second 1% of hundred of millions may be a lot of people. > > Th. > > _______________________________________________ > 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