[subject changed]

On 12 September 2011 08:46, Yaroslav M. Blanter <pute...@mccme.ru> wrote:

> Right, but we do have this systemic bias already in place: in ALL our
> projects, the articles on localities in Sweden are longer and better
> written (and better illustrated) than the articles on localities in Burkina
> Faso. We could indeed initiate smth like an effort to improve articles on
> localities in Burkina Faso (which may be combined with the outreach effort
> in the global South or whatever keywords are currently used), but it is
> clear to me that the overlap between users participating in WLM and users
> capable of writing articles on Burkina Faso is close to zero if it at all
> exists.


Basically, we need to recruit more editors. The work on how to do
usably reliable sourcing other than English-language printed works may
help too.


- d.

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