Hello,
Could someone explain to me why Wikipedia is without definite
article? In English you say the Britannica, so why not the
Wikipedia? I am wondering that also in German Wikipedians and
non-Wikipedians tend to drop the article, although we say der
Brockhaus.
Kind regards
Ziko
--
Ziko van
On 26 Jun 2009, at 02:08, Samuel Klein wrote:
Wikimedia currently doesn't like files as large as a feature film, or
even a high-def short. (how should we address this? Brion mentioned
something about making video easier to upload in November.)
As I understand it, there are three issues with
2009/6/27 Ziko van Dijk zvand...@googlemail.com:
Hello,
Could someone explain to me why Wikipedia is without definite
article? In English you say the Britannica, so why not the
Wikipedia? I am wondering that also in German Wikipedians and
non-Wikipedians tend to drop the article, although we
I've always assumed it's because websites are locations... not things.
You don't say go to the google or go to the wikipedia for the same
reason you do not say go to the new york or go to the london
--
Eddie A. Tejeda
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Ziko van Dijk
Ziko van Dijk wrote:
Hello,
Could someone explain to me why Wikipedia is without definite
article? In English you say the Britannica, so why not the
Wikipedia? I am wondering that also in German Wikipedians and
non-Wikipedians tend to drop the article, although we say der
Brockhaus.
Let's just cut to the point; it's pretty much the same reason we don't
abbreviate as wiki; just thinking about somebody calling Wikipedia the
Wikipedia makes my head hurt...
--Unionhawk
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Michael Snow wikipe...@verizon.netwrote:
Ziko van Dijk wrote:
Hello,
2009/6/27 Michael Snow wikipe...@verizon.net:
Ziko van Dijk wrote:
Hello,
Could someone explain to me why Wikipedia is without definite
article? In English you say the Britannica, so why not the
Wikipedia? I am wondering that also in German Wikipedians and
non-Wikipedians tend to drop the
When I look into Duden Die Grammatik, this authoritative reference
work about German grammar says that proper names (Angela, Berlin,
Christmas) don't get an article: Hamburg liegt an der Elbe. But it
mentions many exceptions, like for rivers who actually do get an
article (such as die Elbe). An
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:37, Michael Snow wikipe...@verizon.net wrote:
There are some situations where you would use the definite article for
singular proper nouns, such as with some geographical names, or when the
name is actually a combination of common and proper nouns.
I would also use
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.ukwrote:
(Perhaps Britannica gets it because Encyclopedia is a common word -
we'd feel silly with the sentence I looked it up in Encyclopedia
Britannica, because I looked it up in encyclopedia would itself be
wrong)
I
2009/6/27 Anthony wikim...@inbox.org:
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Andrew Gray
andrew.g...@dunelm.org.ukwrote:
(Perhaps Britannica gets it because Encyclopedia is a common word -
we'd feel silly with the sentence I looked it up in Encyclopedia
Britannica, because I looked it up in
Anyone able to help with this?
(Durova's been doing a lot of restoration work on Commons. There has
also been discussion on wikien-l about crediting restorers - there's
frequently no copyright obligation to credit restorers, but doing so
is (a) polite (b) more accurate sourcing (c) encourages
'Forget altruism. Misanthropy and egotism are the fuel of online social
production. That's the conclusion suggested by a new study of the character
traits of the contributors to Wikipedia. A team of Israeli research
psychologists gave personality tests to 69 Wikipedians and 70
non-Wikipedians.
'Forget altruism. Misanthropy and egotism are the fuel of online social
production. That's the conclusion suggested by a new study of the
character
traits of the contributors to Wikipedia. A team of Israeli research
psychologists gave personality tests to 69 Wikipedians and 70
'Forget altruism. Misanthropy and egotism are the fuel of online social
production. That's the conclusion suggested by a new study of the
character
traits of the contributors to Wikipedia. A team of Israeli research
psychologists gave personality tests to 69 Wikipedians and 70
I concur with Phil. That thing is more press stunt than it is a conclusive
scientific study. The key thing that makes me discount it is, just like in a
survey of articles, Wikipedia as a community is both gargantuan and diverse.
The motivation and character of the long tail of contributors who
While not exactly science, having gone to more than one Wikipedia picnic to
break bread with my fellow contributors ... the conclusions seem pretty
accurate to me.
DM
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Steven Walling steven.wall...@gmail.comwrote:
I concur with Phil. That thing is more press
on 6/27/09 6:35 PM, David Moran at fordmadoxfr...@gmail.com wrote:
While not exactly science, having gone to more than one Wikipedia picnic to
break bread with my fellow contributors ... the conclusions seem pretty
accurate to me.
DM
And, until that changes, the Project will grow only in
Marc Riddell wrote:
on 6/27/09 6:35 PM, David Moran at fordmadoxfr...@gmail.com wrote:
While not exactly science, having gone to more than one Wikipedia
picnic to break bread with my fellow contributors ... the
conclusions seem pretty accurate to me.
DM
And, until that changes, the
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Eddie Tejedaed...@visudo.com wrote:
'Forget altruism. Misanthropy and egotism are the fuel of online social
production. That's the conclusion suggested by a new study of the character
traits of the contributors to Wikipedia. A team of Israeli research
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