Ron Jones wrote... >Martin Clark wrote: >> Baz Juniper wrote... >>> On 30 Jan 2009, at 10:58, Martin Clark wrote: >>>> Steve Heaven wrote... >>>>> On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 16:53 +0000, Martin Clark wrote: >>>>>> >>>>> (tenuously on topic as Old Market St is quite close to where the >>>>> River >>>>> Frome (unnavigable) joins the Feeder Canal on it's way to Bristol >>>>> docks) >>>> >>>> I think you may be mistaken in that. I always understood that it was >>>> culverted right under Broadmead and The Centre to St Augustine's >>>> Quay, where it keeps the Floating Harbour topped up. >>> >>> I think you're right, Martin: >>> >>> http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/River_Frome,_Bristol >>> >> Hmmm. That page appears to have been entirely nicked from >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Frome,_Bristol > >You spotted the clue at the bottom of the page?... Even though it's in grey >text... >"The source of this article is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text >of this article is licensed under the GFDL." > No, I didn't spot that. I just thought it seemed like Wikipedia's style, so went and looked at Wikipedia.
I can't see the point of filling the pages of a website with copied content from Wikipedia, which seems to happen rather a lot, especially as the copied version won't include later corrections and updates. Why not just link to Wikipedia? -- Martin Clark Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk
