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List:       wikien-l
Subject:    Re: [WikiEN-l] 18 months
From:       Pete Bartlett <pcb21 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2006-04-27 14:46:17
Message-ID: 20060427144617.13079.qmail () web34506 ! mail ! mud ! yahoo ! com
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From: Peter Jacobi <peter_jacobi@gmx.net>

>(A) On de: the argument "no real (convential) encyclopedia
>would write this" is by and large honored (or at least considered).
>On en: this argument is ignored, or even considered trollish.

As detail to include in a particular topic, or whether to include a
particular topic area at all?

They must have some cruft right, after all they have nigh on 400k
articles :-) However it does fit with my colloquial observation
from working on the missing topics project that time and again
de: (and perhaps more oddly sv: and sl:) will have article on 
fairly famous historical British and American figures that we don't,
but I don't see the converse that often. Not sure how to reconcile
this Elisabeth's data about [[Category:Biographies]] and Persondata
though.

>(B) On de: all articles are expected to be accessable to a general
>audience (the horrible and horribly named "Oma-Test" -- "grandmother 
>test"). 

That is one idea I prefer we _didn't_ import.

>On en: there are a lot of articles in mathematics and physics
>addressed to users definitively having some education in the area. 
>I assume most experts are flocking to en: anyway, as it seems
>pointless to have advanced articles in other languages than English


Well English being the "global language" has some effects.
Not least that it becomes a hub for ideas for other languages to
choose from. As Erik said, kust need to make sure we pick the best ideas
from all the others too!







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