On 1/24/09, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Lars Aronsson wrote: >> After Portuguese and Afrikaans have been added, there are now 28 >> languages. But of the largest Wikipedia languages, we're still >> missing Japanese (5th biggest) and Chinese (12th). > > Why bother educating the Chinese about OSM when they will be jailed > trying to contribute?
The answer is simple and obvious, not all Chinese speaking people live in China. I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and some 11% of the population (over 280,000 people) is of Chinese decent, and relevant for the likes of a Wikipedia entry, manages to support three daily Chinese language newspapers... So, for the benefit of oversees Chinese a Wikipedia entry would be a good thing (the more mappers the better in my books). Colin McGregor > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk