On 10/13/2011 8:43 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > My impression, from reading several articles in this topic area in both > projects, is that this is quite a representative example, illustrating > fundamental differences in approach between the German and English > Wikipedias, with the German Wikipedia generally aspiring to a more high-brow, > rather than populist, approach. It's worth adding that so many people from German-speaking culture have good English skills, including virtually all of those who are interested in pursuing the less scholarly presentation of information, that it allows the English Wikipedia to serve as a release valve where this might otherwise create greater divisions in the German Wikipedia's philosophy of creating an encyclopedia. Going beyond the issue of images, this manifests itself in their rather different perspectives on inclusion/deletion and notability.
In all respects, this was a very insightful analysis of the situation. It's interesting to consider some of the unexpected tradeoffs involved in taking different approaches to making an encyclopedia. --Michael Snow _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
