Re: [WikiEN-l] So ...
On Wednesday, October 12, 2011, Thomas Morton wrote: All of the portraits on http://parliament.uk are copyright to http://dods.co.uk/ It has always been in the back of my mind to approach them and ask about relicensing with a free license (long shot, but maybe...). I can't remember who I had this discussion with but someone Wikimedia UK-related, I'm sure. Basically, one thing we could do once we have charity status is actually approach the Houses of Parliament and for some volunteers affiliated with WMUK to become official photographers, and to include that in the list of things MPs either have to or are encouraged to do when they return after the next election. This is the sort of thing we can do as a chapter even if doing it as an individual is a pain in the ass. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] 2 years 9 months later, Re: 6 months later: Knol update
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Gwern Branwen gwe...@gmail.com wrote: snip Yes. WMF is corporatizing, and that inherently means stuff will survive longer than personal fly-by-night blogs. If nothing else, those mailing list and blogs are relatively small - Google Groups and Usenet is *huge*. If the Archive Team had to rescue those, I doubt they would be able to retrieve any but a small fraction even with a long lead time. Size is a problem. When considering this last night, I had visions of someone in a thousand years time accidentally deleting the 21st century and having to ask around the obscure back-up locations to see if the data was still around. When reading about the past, you get a real impression of how much was saved, but also how little, and how much was lost. Though change is good as well, I'm still not convinced that future systems won't just collapse (metaphorically) under the sheer weight of material. Carcharoth ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] 2 years 9 months later, Re: 6 months later: Knol update
On 14 October 2011 02:56, Gwern Branwen gwe...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote: Or even the archives of the WMF mailing lists. Yes. WMF is corporatizing, and that inherently means stuff will survive longer than personal fly-by-night blogs. If nothing else, those mailing list and blogs are relatively small - Google Groups and Usenet is *huge*. If the Archive Team had to rescue those, I doubt they would be able to retrieve any but a small fraction even with a long lead time. Every now and then something in the mail archive craps itself. Mailman can regenerate it, but all the old URLs break. Since they're excluded from Google, and the ht://dig search was so crap it was removed, gmane or gossamer-threads are more stable archives than WMF's own. - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
