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Wait, how's this helpful? People who use localized Wikipedia are, in my experience, either a) looking for something not present in en.wiki or b) not proficient
by gattilorenz 7y ago
Wait, how's this helpful?
People who use localized Wikipedia are, in my experience, either a) looking for something not present in en.wiki or b) not proficient in English.
I don't see how it would help, if this is the case. Plus, also in the English Wikipedia, is not that pages are born complete. It's a refinement process. If you remove the stubs, wouldn't it become a self-fulfilling prophecy?
- Myrmornis 7y ago> a) looking for something not present in en.wiki That's what I was getting at with "for subjects which transcend cultural differences". It's hard to name something which transcends cultural differences and doesn't have an English-language wikipedia page. > b) not proficient in English. Yes, my suggestion was that Wikipedia should focus on excellent translations of content that is originally generated in English. Perhaps the software would highlight passages needing translation help from the non-English-language editors would who today be working on parallel/redundant pages in non-English languages. ("the suggestion would be intense focus on automatic translation of English pages, rather than creation of parallel pages in n languages.")