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Re:Konrad Zuse and the digital revolution he started 75 year... by cmarschner on Thursday May 12, 2016 @07:40AM (#11682680)
As can be seen on Wikipedia: [1] vs. [2] - the English version of "computer science" does not mention Zuse. Time to change?

Similarly, the German version of "Computer" mentions Zuse 20 times [3]; the English version starts describing the Z2 [4].

Quite fascinating how Wikipedia is written through the local lense.

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatik#Entwicklung_moderne...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science

[3] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#Electromechanical

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Re:Konrad Zuse and the digital revolution he started 75 year... by wslh on Thursday May 12, 2016 @08:11AM (#11682779)
Excellent catch! I love Wikipedia with all their faults but probably we need not so difficult to build tools to recognize anomalies between Wikipedia cultures... sorry, languages.
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Re:Konrad Zuse and the digital revolution he started 75 year... by a3n on Thursday May 12, 2016 @10:07AM (#11683433)
English and German sources are more likely to be accessible to people working in English and German, respectively, and less in the reverse. And Wikepedia is all about sources. So not surprising, but worth fixing.
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