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Thanks and dankon for this interview! Brion, although only rarely to be seen at Esperanto conventions, has made a great contribution to the Esperanto community (whose Wikipedia boasting with 174,000 is one of its major success of the recent years) and, subsequently, to all other languages and nations represented on Wikipedia, by having built the technical framework essential for the international Wikipedia as we know it today. This is truly in the spirit of Esperanto, which also strives to promote equality among languages and to present language diversity as an asset. Brion, dankon pro la laboro kaj ke ĝi sukcese kontinuu! Blahma (talk) 14:01, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ankaŭ dankas mi Brionon! --Orange Mike | Talk 15:20, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for all your hard work, Brion! Wikipedia wouldn't be nearly as great without your dedication and contributions! :) 24.242.195.208 (talk) 23:23, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have to say, until reading this article, I'd always thought of the versions of Wikipedia in constructed languages like Esperanto to be pretty pointless. But if they can attract such talented and productive people as Brion to our project, they're worth having for that reason alone. Robofish (talk) 23:28, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The big possibility for conlang Wikipeidas is to accelerate translation. Rich Farmbrough, 00:33, 4 January 2013 (UTC).[reply]
Thank you for your job well done, Brion. Bennylin (talk) 13:59, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I somehow missed this interview until just now. My thanks to both Ryan K. and Brion V. for putting this together; it was an interesting read. :-) Most of Brion's background I was already familiar with, but the parts about the future (both from a technology point of view and a governance/structural/sustainability point of view) give a lot of food for thought. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:20, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]