Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread Béria Lima
My answers to Phoebe questions. (I tryed to keep it short to not create a lot of problems to read, if you need a bigger version you can ask me) :) > *I've been asked to write a short editorial about this development from a > Wikipedian's perspective and am curious about (and would love to includ

Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 7:22 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: > > I've been asked to write a short editorial about this development from > a Wikipedian's perspective and am curious about (and would love to > include) other Wikimedian experiences -- did you use print > encyclopedias as a kid? I loved ency

Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread Risker
On 13 March 2012 20:22, phoebe ayers wrote: > > I've been asked to write a short editorial about this development from > a Wikipedian's perspective and am curious about (and would love to > include) other Wikimedian experiences -- did you use print > encyclopedias as a kid? Was a love of print en

Re: [Foundation-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread Tim Starling
On 14/03/12 11:22, phoebe ayers wrote: > I've been asked to write a short editorial about this development from > a Wikipedian's perspective and am curious about (and would love to > include) other Wikimedian experiences -- did you use print > encyclopedias as a kid? Was a love of print encyclopedi

Re: [Foundation-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread Samuel Klein
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: >> > No, I think there were only like three big universal encyclopaedias still > being printed (Britannica, Brockhaus, and Russian Encyclopaedia?), unless I > am confusing things. There's also World Book in English, the biggest seller of

Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
> I've been asked to write a short editorial about this development from > a Wikipedian's perspective and am curious about (and would love to > include) other Wikimedian experiences -- did you use print > encyclopedias as a kid? Was a love of print encyclopedias part of your > motivation or interes

Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread Nathan
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 8:22 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Samuel Klein wrote: > > 2010's 32-volume set will be its last. (Now I want to get one, to > > replace my old set!) Future versions will be digital only. > > > > > http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/

Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread phoebe ayers
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Samuel Klein wrote: > 2010's 32-volume set will be its last.  (Now I want to get one, to > replace my old set!)  Future versions will be digital only. > > http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/after-244-years-encyclopaedia-britannica-stops-the-presses/?s

Re: [Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread emijrp
2012/3/13 Samuel Klein > "Today our digital database is much larger than what we can fit in the > print set. And it is up to date because we can revise it within > minutes anytime we need to, and we do it many times each day." > > Wow, they update the encyclopedia many times each day. ___

Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia domains, SOPA, Godaddy and MarkMonitor

2012-03-13 Thread Michael Peel
Hello, Thanks MZMcBride for your reply here. On 10 Mar 2012, at 22:32, MZMcBride wrote: > Michael Peel wrote: >> I'd like to see more information here. What activities are MarkMonitor >> involved in with the 'anti-piracy fight'? Are they involved in filtering all >> peer-to-peer traffic, or just

Re: [Foundation-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
2012/3/14 Samuel Klein : > "Today our digital database is much larger than what we can fit in the > print set. And yet the article "Gesenius, Heinrich Friedrich Wilhlem" has 745 words in the 1911 print edition and 175 in the current online edition. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרו

Re: [Foundation-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:54:48 +, Thomas Dalton wrote: > I thought they had already stopped... I'm sure I remember an > announcement like this a year or two ago... does anyone know what it > is I'm remembering? > No, I think there were only like three big universal encyclopaedias still being pr

Re: [Foundation-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread Thomas Dalton
I thought they had already stopped... I'm sure I remember an announcement like this a year or two ago... does anyone know what it is I'm remembering? On 13 March 2012 22:49, Samuel Klein wrote: > 2010's 32-volume set will be its last.  (Now I want to get one, to > replace my old set!)  Future ver

[Foundation-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

2012-03-13 Thread Samuel Klein
2010's 32-volume set will be its last. (Now I want to get one, to replace my old set!) Future versions will be digital only. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/after-244-years-encyclopaedia-britannica-stops-the-presses/?smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012

Re: [Foundation-l] Controversial content software status - the image filter disguised under a new label

2012-03-13 Thread Tobias Oelgarte
Am 13.03.2012 10:39, schrieb Andreas Kolbe: On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Tobias Oelgarte< tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com> wrote: Am 13.03.2012 03:39, schrieb Andreas Kolbe: No. I'm not accusing you for prudery, but for making wrong cited statements. Your assumption is that we have to sa

Re: [Foundation-l] Controversial content software status - the image filter disguised under a new label

2012-03-13 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Tobias Oelgarte < tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Am 13.03.2012 03:39, schrieb Andreas Kolbe: > >> >> No. I'm not accusing you for prudery, but for making wrong cited > statements. Your assumption is that we have to sacrifice neutrality to > please a audie

Re: [Foundation-l] Controversial content software status - the image filter disguised under a new label

2012-03-13 Thread Tobias Oelgarte
Am 13.03.2012 03:39, schrieb Andreas Kolbe: It's not me who's uploading hundreds of pornographic media onto Wikimedia sites. There are places for porn online, just like there are places for online poker, and amateur digital art. I have no problem with any of them. But listen to yourself – you ar

Re: [Foundation-l] Image filter

2012-03-13 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 03/09/12 10:00 PM, Thomas Morton wrote: On 10 March 2012 00:57, Ray Saintonge wrote: On 03/09/12 6:06 AM, Neil Babbage wrote: Wikimedia is not supposed to be some kind of exercise in perfection for perfection's sake. It's supposed to be open, accessible and useful. "Useful", like "not

Re: [Foundation-l] Controversial content software status - the image filter disguised under a new label

2012-03-13 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 03/12/12 10:11 AM, Nathan wrote: On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Marc Riddellwrote: on 3/12/12 11:43 AM, Nathan at nawr...@gmail.com wrote: The "bible belt" phrase that some people throw around in this discussion is just a stand-in for anti-Americanism and a sign of profound ignorance. It

Re: [Foundation-l] Controversial content software status

2012-03-13 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 03/09/12 9:39 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 2:16 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote: On 03/08/12 2:20 AM, Theo10011 wrote: The other issue is morality and responsibility. I don't think any executives or board members should make a statement about that video. It's a stated policy t

Re: [Foundation-l] Will Beback

2012-03-13 Thread George Herbert
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote: > On 03/12/12 12:35 PM, George Herbert wrote: >> >> Without delving into the specifics here, or concluding either way as >> to the current case lacking actual evidence in front of me, it is a >> real and quite serious problem if we don't hold