Re: Re: Alsatian wikipedia

On Nov 21, 2003, at 01:30, Andre Engels wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Aliter wrote:
>> 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.

Yup. Look at this software box and tell me if the program is available 
in English or not if you don't read Chinese: 
http://leuksman.com/misc/forbidden-city.jpg

It's _clearly_ labeled! :)

If the links change languages -- or even writing systems -- from click 
to click, it's rather more difficult to use the system when hopping 
between languages (for fun or for maintenance).

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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