Upsell is the name of the leading market research company in publishing--probably they are the ones who designed it. I'm suprised, for they are generally known as competent.
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 3:17 PM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > 2008/12/22 Milos Rancic <[email protected]>: >> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:14 AM, Tim Starling <[email protected]> >> wrote: > >>> The following Firefox bookmarklet may be useful: >>> javascript:(function(){Darwin.Upsell.deactivate();})() > >> Thanks! It works well :) > > > They called the function "upsell"? *facepalm* Wikipedia doesn't need > to do anything to compete with Britannica, just leave them to collapse > under the weight of their own ineptitude. > > We should probably run a large public "Save Britannica!" campaign - > how to save a great historical encyclopedia, second only to the OED as > one of the great works of Anglophone non-fiction, from its own > business stupidity. I'm halfway serious. What could we do with a "Save > Britannica" campaign? > > (There are many ways in which it sucks, but it still manages > *consistent* quality better than en:wp. Better writing, too. A lot of > us wouldn't be doing this Wikipedia thing if we weren't encyclopedia > fans in the first place, and that includes Britannica.) > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
