Talk:D8000

With this behavior the Wikipedia shows how interestead in spreading the knowledge through all the world it is... (Blocking foreign links, even if the administrators, due to theirs complete ignorance, don´t know what says the site linked)


 * We don't link to Non-English sites on the English Wikipedia. It doesn't make sense.  If you can provide a citation from any site, IN ENGLISH, and it meets wp:links and wp:rs then by all means, include it.  It doesn't matter whether it is Portugese, Spanish, French or whatever, information is expected to be in English for the English Wikipedia.  Thats the whole reason you have multiple language versions of Wikipedia. Pharmboy 23:57, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh yes we do &mdash; see WP:CITE, where it says "However, do give references in other languages where appropriate." or WP:EL where it says "It may be appropriate to have a link to a non-English-language site, such as when an official site is unavailable in English; or when the link is to the subject's text in its original language; or when the site contains visual aids such as maps, diagrams, or tables" --Haemo 00:00, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Bullshit, Pharmboy. Verifiability states that English language sources are preferred, not required. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 00:02, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, requiring references to be in English closes off a huge amount of material. Are we simply supposed to not write about the rest of the world until someone gets around to doing so in English? Are we supposed to not link to a large Japanese corporation's site because it's in Japanese? Do we not link to French government sites because they are in French? There are questions of notability here, but yelling at good-faith contributors is counterproductive. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 00:06, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Look, I'm not going to debate Wikipedia policy here. I didn't yell at anyone, but I do remember tags getting replaced without talk or summary, which is not kosher.  It isn't personal.  It couldn't be, I don't know you.  As to the link, if the article is a couple of sentences and the only citation is in a foreign language, then yes, I would still say it should be deleted.  You are free to disagree, and if it afds, then you can.  Pharmboy 00:20, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * All-caps has long been considered yelling in text environments. Biting newbies by calling their articles spammy while citing non-existent English-only policies is far worse than a person who doesn't know better removing a few tags. Don't bite the newcomers. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 00:43, 14 November 2007 (UTC)