Re: [WikiEN-l] Britannica tries for Indian market

2010-12-23 Thread FT2
This is also interesting. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/2010/12/16/stories/2010121650040100.htm FT2 On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:08 AM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: According

Re: [WikiEN-l] Britannica tries for Indian market

2010-12-22 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:08 AM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: According to the article they do, but only if you give them your name and address and then let a professional verify your edit. Also you can only edit for free for the first 24 months, then you have to pay

[WikiEN-l] Britannica tries for Indian market

2010-12-12 Thread David Gerard
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/britannica-to-give-wikipediarun-for-its-money/417969/ Bundling access with a broadband subscription. Does Britannica still take user contributions? - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list

Re: [WikiEN-l] Britannica tries for Indian market

2010-12-12 Thread WereSpielChequers
According to the article they do, but only if you give them your name and address and then let a professional verify your edit. Also you can only edit for free for the first 24 months, then you have to pay them. Plus they have decided to concentrate on the broadband market and ignore the mobile

Re: [WikiEN-l] Britannica tries for Indian market

2010-12-12 Thread Tony Sidaway
The Indian market is huge, values education highly and has widespread English and good internet availability. Still I'm a bit surprised they've decided to pioneer this bundling concept there rather than, say, North America. It isn't as if Wikipedia didn't already have a prominent and