On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Anthony <wikim...@inbox.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Gerard Meijssen > <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > When you think that Commons is bad in supporting other languages, try to > > find pictures of a horse on the internet in other languages like > Estonian, > > Nepalese ... It is not the same at all as when you are looking for images > > in > > English. > > > Don't most Internet users know enough English to be able to search for > "pictures of a horse" in English? > > (According to Wikipedia ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Internet_usage), > yes... "Most Internet users speak the English language as a native or > secondary language.") >
If I read the data in the article correctly, most means 35%. If we consider that current English native speakers mostly already have internet and those without internet are likelier than not to be non-English speakers I would be careful to advocate the unilateral use of English. Best regards, Bence _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
