Well while Ryan and Fred look having a valid concern, on this particular issue I have no idea what you guys discuss.
The article seems to be a full translation of Japanese Wikipedia article which seem to be based on three Japanese books (see "references" in the jawiki article) all in paper, not robo-books. On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> wrote: > It is actually becoming somewhat difficult to search for books on > obscure subjects on Amazon or Alibris without being completely spammed > with matches for "robo-books" automatically generated from Wikipedia > articles. Recently, I was doing research for a Wikipedia article on a > rather obscure type of spider, and I came very close to buying a book on > it before I realized that it was actually just a reprint of the content > I had already written for the article. So I almost paid someone for my > own writing! Perhaps we should put together a project to keep track of > these robo-book publishers so that we can start asking for some > royalties (or else sue them for not giving us proper credit). > > Ryan Kaldari > > On 10/31/10 9:41 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: >> There is a book review of a 98 page book supposedly about Ukita >> Kōkichi (who apparently prematurely invented the hang glider) >> >> http://blog.seattlepi.com/travelforaircraft/archives/226709.asp >> >> Which consists of this Wikipedia article: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukita_K%C5%8Dkichi >> >> and a few others >> >> Listed on Amazon for 50 bucks: >> >> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6131076278/ >> >> together with a bevy of other sellers: >> >> http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/6131076278/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new >> >> Fred >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 http://kansai.wikimedia.jp _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
