Comments | gaojun: Has anyone noticed the "Simple English" section of Wikipedia?

gaojun

Has anyone noticed the "Simple English" section of Wikipedia?

Apr 11, 2007 00:06

From the article on Japan: "Japan was hurt very much after the atomic bombs, but soon it grew strong again. They did not try to make a strong military, but a strong economy. Because of this, they became very rich. The United States put their military bases in Japan and has been Japan's friend for the last 50 years ( Read more... )

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spazska April 11 2007, 07:22:53 UTC

I thought it was for homies. The last time I went through that section of the site, there was a disproportionate amount of thug-centric articles.

-Kyle

gaojun April 11 2007, 21:00:08 UTC

LOL, I can't wait for Wiki-bonics!

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gaojun April 11 2007, 20:59:43 UTC

"doesn't help," you mean, right?

OK, I see the point, and it does sound like a good idea. It's just that the people writing these articles are not only simplifying the language, but also the concepts--so it reads like a parent explaining something to a small child.

But I guess one could argue that since I'm not contributing to it, I'm wasting my time by criticizing it.