--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "i18n@..." <i18n@...> wrote:

>
> Huh? Many if not most wikipedia articles are signed, and the

history of

> each page is there, and updates are always possible if there are

errors

> or for any other reason. Each page also has a concurrent

discussion page

> where issues can be hashed out - did you know that?

Okay, on some topics in wikipedia I find real live informed
individuals and I am actively using certain material posted in
wikipedia on Mandombe at this moment, but I have emailed the author
as well to check certain details. I did not find his name in
wikipedia but had to seek it out elsewhere and just got lucky
recognizing his email address.

But on others some enigmatic nonsense. What good does it do me to
know that someone who calls himself Diderot and is married to a
California beach babe and lives in Brussels has written the Canadian
Aboriginal Syllabics entry. BTW he assures me he is not Wayne
Gretzky. That really makes me feel good. I already know where
Gretzky lives!

He expresses surprise that no one else has taken the user name of
Diderot, missing the fact that others are too modest, and twits the
asembled company for not speaking French as if he were the federal
language commission then admits he is more comfortable in English
anyway - as if that weren't obvious.

And I base my assumption that he is a male on the fact that he says
he is not Wayne Gretzky. Most woman would not find it necessary to
point that out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Diderot

I always review the

> discussion and history pages when deciding how much to rely on the
> details in the main text, I recommend others do to.

Me too. Almost as depressing as reading the Uni... well you know
what I mean to say but I don't want to be censored.

Suzanne