<br>As a non-native English speaker, I have never questioned the need/use of a language standard to disseminate information amongst the scientific community (de facto English for now).<br>I am not too sure how OWW can promote sharing of knowledge and collaborative work if there is not a common ground in terms of language.
<br><br>I understand that some pieces of information could benefit from being translated to reach out some specific communities, but I would say that the information should primarily be written in English.<br>If a common language is not picked, I have the feeling that the emergence of different OWW language communities might undermine the synergy of the wiki.
<br><br>best,<br><br>Vincent. <br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/7/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Cumbers</b> <<a href="mailto:johncumbers@gmail.com">johncumbers@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I don't think that there should be a language standard, but perhaps we just turn on the language option that allows people to add translations in other languages? I wanted this option when we were writing the wiki pages for the china workshops,
<br>Best, <br>John<div><span class="e" id="q_113038668852d5a9_1"><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Drew Endy</b> <<a href="mailto:endy@mit.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
endy@mit.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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