Noted, and added to strategic planning page :)
On Jul 29, 2009, at 6:28 PM, Samuel Klein wrote: > As specific examples: > > It would be great if every publisher of any sort that does basic data > mining and research into primary sources were to share that work > directly on WP and sister projects. Publishers using free media and > spending time and effort vetting their licenses should update the > license info (with any high-fidelity assurances they tracked down) > directly on Commons. Librarians curating an exhibit, even in cases > where they are not willing to or cannot make their digital works > available under the right license, can share their curatorial comments > and bibliographies. As long as professional publishers and curators > feel unwelcome on the projects, they won't discover the ways in which > they have already-free knowledge to contribute. > > SJ > > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Samuel Klein<[email protected]> > wrote: >> When I say "world of WP" I mean "world post-WP" -- the world we live >> in, in which certain businesses are failing now that basic reliable >> information and data are available freely... >> >> It would be healthy to see compatibly-licensed projects that use >> different sets of core principles; not just wikinfo (for instance) >> but >> also POV specialist reference works. There is an audience for that, >> and they should also be encouraged to contribute to free knowledge. >> And if someone can find a way to keep professional encyclopedists >> from >> dying out as a breed, that would be good. I don't want to see other >> reference works go out of business; I do want to see them adopt free >> licenses -- data, overviews, and reference-style knowledge should all >> be free. >> >> SJ >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Kul Takanao >> Wadhwa<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> - experienced professional reference-work writers (and we should >>>> help them >>>> find ways to sustain themselves, particularly in niche markets -- >>>> one way is >>>> by distributing the underlying work needed to find and organize >>>> data). >>>> there is room in the world-of-WP for effective, sustainable POV and >>>> specialist works >>> >>> SJ - Just curious...where in WP do you think POV and specialist >>> works >>> could fit? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> foundation-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
