Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote: > Jimmy Wales wrote: >> Geni wrote: >> >>>>> "The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to empower and engage >>>>> people around the world " first line of the mission statement. By >>>>> actively promoting minority languages you lock more people into them >>>>> which is not consistent with trying to empower them. >>>>> >> >> I wrote: >> >>>> I do not share geni's views at all. >>>> >> >> Thomas Dalton wrote: >> >>> It doesn't seem that anyone does... >>> >> >> >> I should add at the same time that I think that it is a good thing for >> people to try to learn a relevant global language in addition to their >> local language, with the choice depending upon personal context. >> >>
I think you are really being too humble here in not mentioning the fact that despite being a native speaker of *the* global "lingua franca" you have yourself made an effort to "talk the extra mile" and learn other languages. >> In many parts of the world and for many people, English is an excellent >> choice of a second language. In other parts of the world (Francophone >> Africa for example), French is an excellent choice. Chinese might be >> good for some people. Russian for others. Hindi for others. There are >> many variables. >> >> And I hope that Wikipedia is helpful to people both in learning about >> the facts of reality (usually most comfortably done in your mother >> tongue) and in learning another language. I don't see these goals as >> being in competition at all, but rather mutually reinforcing. >> >> --Jimbo >> At your service, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
