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Vanishing cultural biodiversity

As time passes, the world is seeing the extinction of languages and cultures. It is gratifying to note that indigenous language Wikipedias have a possible role in delaying or preventing this from happening. Development of sources and references would be a positive contribution in this direction. Achal's results are eagerly awaited. AshLin (talk) 03:31, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

While I hope and believe that one day there will be a single language spoken by every human being, I do agree that as a repository of functional examples of languages, local language Wikipedias are a rare and to-be-treasured resource. I also hasten to add that places like Wikisource and to a degree Wikibooks offer the services of an internet repository for other documents in 'dying' languages. Sven Manguard Wha? 06:09, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

While I hope and believe that one day there will be a single language spoken by every human being - Jeez I sincerely hope not! How boring would it be if we all spoke the same language? – ukexpat (talk) 15:37, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Certainly there would be options for learning the old languages, and irregardless no one would understand what the New Yorkers were saying, but improved communication between all the peoples of the world would be a good thing, the social, economic, and political benefits would be huge. Besides, if you want dozens of competing languages that have overzealous followings, will never work well with one another, and have deep mistrust of each other, you can always get into coding. Sven Manguard Wha? 16:01, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

It would be great if someone used a combination of WikiProjects to attempt to save the vanishing culture of a community. Is that too much to wish for? AshLin (talk) 16:04, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

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So I guess Jimbo Wales is officially our god... —innotata 16:23, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

I like Jimbo as much as the next guy, but we've just seen his picture every day for two months at the top of our screens. Did we really need to have it again as the POTD? How about video of Wikipedians typing away in a big room like the infinite number of monkeys? Or something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VGkCbIZx2w&feature=player_embedded  :-) -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:31, 20 January 2011 (UTC)