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> Wikipedia readers thus become accustomed to searching in English, and not seeing the knowledge that exists in their neighboring countries.” As we should be?
by Nullabillity 10y ago
> Wikipedia readers thus become accustomed to searching in English, and not seeing the knowledge that exists in their neighboring countries.”
As we should be? Wikis work best at scale, and diluting the content between different languages helps nobody.
Especially us scandinavians have no excuse for not just using (or especially contributing to) the english version instead.
- vikiomega9 10y agoLanguage encodes a lot of culture. How does one not inadvertently dilute this aspect?
- SerLava 10y agoThey're probably going to dilute it but I think they just want to know how many Romans died at Cannae or whatever.
- wodenokoto 10y agoThere are a lot of articles that a noteworthy on Danish Wikipedia but not on English. There are many aspects of many things that are relevant to a Swedish population but not a Vietnamese.
- Nullabillity 10y ago> There are a lot of articles that a noteworthy on Danish Wikipedia but not on English. There are many aspects of many things that are relevant to a Swedish population but not a Vietnamese. You could have something like regional portals, without effectively restricting access to only people from that region.