Forum:Language separation

Multilinguism within any one wiki gets messy, and it's beginning to be noticeable here. Wikipedia is segregated by language, each wikipedia led by different administrators and governed by different policies. There exists a French equivalent to Familypedia (Wiki Familles), which is linked on our main page; however, Familypedia also houses several articles in French and other languages (see Category:Pages by language), although they are the relative minority compared to the number of articles in English. I propose making this an English-language-only wiki. Continuing to promote multilinguism on Familypedia will make administration and organization more difficult as it grows; and multilinguism here hampers the growth of non-English articles since they are secondary on this wiki [e.g., Article name (.es). We can still collaborate research-wise with non-English speakers by providing a link on our articles to those on the sister wikis, but I feel continuing to promote grassroots multilinguism here is counterproductive and will only create headaches as we grow. What say you? —DeGraffJE talk 20:30, December 6, 2009 (UTC)