Re: Re: Alsatian wikipedia

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Aliter wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On 13-11-2003 you (Andre Engels) wrote:
>
> AE> ...  in the Language.php
> AE> there is a list of the various language names, to show when there are
> AE> interwiki links. In most languages (pl: and sv: are exceptions), the
> AE> language in the language name itself is used there. ...
>
> what is the purpose of using the language name in the language itself?

The idea is that someone who stumbles upon a Wikipedia page in a language
s/he does not know, might still notice the interlanguage link to a language
s/he does know, and get their information there.

Andre Engels