Talk:Propaedeutic value of Esperanto
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[edit] Possible copyright violation
It appears that a large part of this article was copied from International Language (known as Esperanto) Commission, Interministerial Decree April 29/October 5 1993. I don't see a copyright notice, and it was apparently published by an Italian government ministry, so maybe it's public domain or free to use; but we need to verify that. --Jim Henry 22:17, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I have emailed the webmaster of www.internacialingvo.org, where I found the source document, asking for information. --Jim Henry | Talk 22:33, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Got email on 6 March from Giorgio Pagano, the webmaster of www.internacialingvo.org, saying he would look into the copyright status of the source document. --68.158.50.57 00:05, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC) i.e. Jim Henry | Talk (having trouble logging in on this machine, maybe cookie setup problem)
Still no further word on whether the document is free to use. --Jim Henry | Talk 18:58, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Another possible source
Chuck SMITH has a user subpage, User:Chuck_Smith/Pedagogical_evidence_for_Esperanto which we might can use as an additional source if we have to rewrite this article. --Jim Henry | Talk 18:58, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Redundant entry?
I wonder if the entries on Girls' Middle School in Bishop Auckland (GB) and Bishop's Elementary School, Auckland (New Zealand) actually refer to the same study. Granted the countries and dates are different, but it seems more than odd that two schools associated with "Bishop" and "Auckland" should attract studies on the propedeutic value of Esperanto. I expect there's been some garbling here.
[edit] Cleanup
This article is far too long. I don't want to read about the results of every individual study on the use of Esperanto in schools; I just want a summary of the facts. This article reads more like a scientific literature review than an encyclopedia article, so I am adding a cleanup tag. —Psychonaut 01:32, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
This is just a personal opinion from me, but I'm honestly glad I got here /before/ the article was cleaned up, because a list of actual studies was exactly what I was looking for. I think there is real value in including a summary of the individual studies, especially for someone like me who was trying to use Wikipedia to drill down to some first-hand information. -Jackalgirl
