Martin Clark wrote:
> Ron Jones wrote...
>> Martin Clark wrote:
>>> Baz Juniper wrote...
<snip>
>> 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?

Because there are adverts on that page and they want you to read the page 
and the adverts (and the links on that page jump to other pages on that site 
with more adverts) - jump to Wiki and those opportunities have been lost - 
and the surfer is unlikely to return.

Ron Jones
Process Safety & Development Specialist
Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at
http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and
human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert
Einstein 


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