Wikipedia was started on that date, wasn't it? True, other Wikipedias didn't exist yet, but I don't think that makes it any less significant. If you speak a non-English language as your native tongue and wish therefore to not make any fuss about the date, feel free, but I'm certain it won't just be en.wp users celebrating.
-m. 2011/1/5 MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com>: > Steven Walling wrote: >> "The other Wikipedias weren't started on that date, so they have nothing to >> celebrate or commemorate." >> >> The anniversary is not just about English Wikipedia. If this was just >> English Wikipedia's celebration, there certainly wouldn't be more than 100 >> events organized in dozens of countries and on every continent except >> Antarctica. > > That's incredibly poor logic. Only the English Wikipedia is going to be ten > years old on January 15, 2011. If people around the world want to throw > parties for the English Wikipedia's tenth anniversary, they're of course > free to. But that doesn't change the facts, even if people will be partying > in six of seven continents. Don't be silly. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
