Re: [WikiEN-l] Paul Graham on credentialism

2009-04-25 Thread Charles Matthews
David Gerard wrote: How do you tell an expert? They have credentials, of course. Er, maybe. http://www.paulgraham.com/credentials.html (Paul Graham is a computer scientist and dot-com winner who pontificates on subjects he understands to a greater or lesser degree. Interesting even when

Re: [WikiEN-l] Knol - Our first major scandel

2009-04-25 Thread Charles Matthews
Nathan wrote: Plus, 350 probably way undercounts the number of copyviolations. There are probably many more than that in Wikipedia articles alone. My own feeling is that there should be a way to present wp articles on Knol that complies with copyright (by not changing the copyright status,

Re: [WikiEN-l] Knol - Our first major scandel

2009-04-25 Thread WJhonson
In a message dated 4/25/2009 2:06:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com writes: Hmmm, does the WMF talk to Google about this issue? The content of your postings to any site, are your responsibility, not the sites. So the Foundation would need to

Re: [WikiEN-l] Paul Graham on credentialism

2009-04-25 Thread David Gerard
2009/4/25 Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com: Rather self-congratulatory on the grounds of US first degrees no longer being particularly meaningful! Paul Graham's stuff is always interesting, but sometimes just a little narrow ... the world is an MIT-orbiting technology startup.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Citizendium vs. Wikipedia

2009-04-25 Thread Daniel R. Tobias
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:12:34 +0100, David Gerard wrote: Hmm. Wonder what a next model could look like. http://www.cwtv.com/shows/americas-next-top-model12 -- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site:

Re: [WikiEN-l] New Wikipedia Forum

2009-04-25 Thread Ron Ritzman
May I suggest you rename the wikipedia moderators forum Forum moderators so that users don't get the idea that it is some kind of exclusive club for WP administrators. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this

Re: [WikiEN-l] New Wikipedia Forum

2009-04-25 Thread Isabell Long
Hi, I will sign up. Good idea, though having said that I may not use it much. I do like the title font, as someone else has already pointed out, lovely! Isabell. -- Regards, Isabell Long. isabell...@gmail.com [[User:Isabell121]] on all public Wikimedia projects. OpenPGP Key ID: C395CE07

Re: [WikiEN-l] Knol - Our first major scandel

2009-04-25 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/4/25 wjhon...@aol.com: When there is no repurcussion, people will do what they will ;) Does the WF want to start sending cease-and-desist letters based on mirrors  not displaying the license link? The WMF doesn't own those articles, so I'm not sure they can really do anything about it.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Knol - Our first major scandel

2009-04-25 Thread WJhonson
In a message dated 4/25/2009 10:20:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, thomas.dal...@gmail.com writes: The WMF doesn't own those articles, so I'm not sure they can really do anything about it. The actual authors need to complain. - Presents an interesting problem doesn't it? *Who*

Re: [WikiEN-l] Knol - Our first major scandel

2009-04-25 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/4/25 wjhon...@aol.com: In a message dated 4/25/2009 10:20:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, thomas.dal...@gmail.com writes: The WMF doesn't own those articles, so I'm not sure they can really do anything about it. The actual authors need to complain. - Presents an

Re: [WikiEN-l] Knol - Our first major scandel

2009-04-25 Thread Ray Saintonge
Thomas Dalton wrote: 2009/4/25 wjhon...@aol.com: When there is no repurcussion, people will do what they will ;) Does the WF want to start sending cease-and-desist letters based on mirrors not displaying the license link? The WMF doesn't own those articles, so I'm not sure they

Re: [WikiEN-l] Knol - Our first major scandel

2009-04-25 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/4/25 Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net: Thomas Dalton wrote: 2009/4/25  wjhon...@aol.com: When there is no repurcussion, people will do what they will ;) Does the WF want to start sending cease-and-desist letters based on mirrors  not displaying the license link? The WMF doesn't own

[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Art dispute pits artists against Wikimedia Foundation

2009-04-25 Thread Keith Old
Folks, Ars Technica reports: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/wikipedia-suit-could-put-it-on-the-wrong-side-of-fair-use.ars Wikipedia uses plenty of copyrighted material and trademarks under the doctrine of fair use. But a trademark infringement lawsuit against a couple of

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Art dispute pits artists against Wikimedia Foundation

2009-04-25 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/4/25 Keith Old keith...@gmail.com: Folks, Ars Technica reports: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/wikipedia-suit-could-put-it-on-the-wrong-side-of-fair-use.ars As mentioned in the further reading of that article, this has already been discussed on foundation-l. See Mike

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Art dispute pits artists against Wikimedia Foundation

2009-04-25 Thread David Gerard
2009/4/25 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: 2009/4/25 Keith Old keith...@gmail.com: Ars Technica reports: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/wikipedia-suit-could-put-it-on-the-wrong-side-of-fair-use.ars As mentioned in the further reading of that article, this has already

[WikiEN-l] Using Wikipedia to out pseudonymous Erwin James, Guardian writ...

2009-04-25 Thread Daniel R. Tobias
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:02:52 EDT, wjhon...@{gag,vomit,retch}aol.com wrote: That's overreading and here is why. Omaha is in Nebraska. Henry Fonda was born in Omaha. Henry Fonda was born in Nebraska. Nebraska is a state with a low population which grows mainly corn. Henry Fonda was born in a

Re: [WikiEN-l] Knol - Our first major scandel

2009-04-25 Thread WJhonson
I, along with seven other co-authors, write an article on say Cheese Whiz. In the article we state that anyone may copy the article, provided that they state where they got it from, and that the article may be copied by anyone else provided that they state where they got it from... Can I