On 16 January 2012 02:22, Ray Saintonge <sainto...@telus.net> wrote: > One of the > risks of using this between Wikipedias is that those in the new language > will see it as data dumping. I think some take pride in the fact that > their articles on a subject are independently developed. >
Yes I agree this is a potential risk, but I would say that this kind of thing should only be done with: a) local on-wiki consensus b) to the talkpage (or some kind of project page) - NOT directly over the top of the existingarticle. These points would, I think, alleviate the concerns you raised. This is all hypothetical of course as, like you say, their website is pretty empty right now given it's still in private beta. I'm sure we'll be able to see some of the "translation results" once their project gets further developed. And hey, since they're spruiking that their system could potentially translate all English WP to Spanish in very short time, perhaps they were thinking of giving us their results already :-) Does anyone know any more about this organisation or what they plan to do with their translations, once they've been made? -liam _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
