Hello, The case with Simple English WP is a little more complicated: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simple_English_Wikipedia Basic English is only one standard they are looking at. There should be also more consideration about the target group. If a simple wikipedia meant to be a tool to learn the language?
Kind regards Ziko 2011/6/20 Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com>: > This was intended to be reply to the list. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Projects in simple languages > Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:12:16 +0100 > From: Michael Everson <ever...@evertype.com> > To: Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> > > On 06/20/2011 08:55 PM, David Gerard wrote: >> I have been around the Wikimedia projects since 2004. This is the very first >> time I have ever heard any official subset of English mentioned in any >> connection with the Simple English Wikipedia. Did I just miss past >> documentation to this effect? Was this part of its founding? When was Basic >> English first linked with Simple? > > Evidently from the beginning. > > http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia > > Simple English Wikipedia is a Wikipedia encyclopedia, written in basic > English.[1] > > http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English > > Even in the earliest revision of the main page > http://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=461 it > refers to controlled vocabulary of 1000-2000 words. > > Ogden's Basic English was published in 1940. It's unlikely that those > who asked for simple.wikipedia.org were unaware of it. > > Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
