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

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