[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Textbook borrowing heavily from Wikipedia without proper attribution

2012-06-03 Thread James Heilman
While I was happily improving Wikipedia's article on HIV/AIDS today I came across a recently published textbook that perfectly supported our article on HIV. I than realized that it to perfectly supported our article and that it was little more than extensively copied and pasted from us without

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Larry Sanger rides again

2012-06-03 Thread Anthony
Does anyone know does he have some new project which needs promotion in media? http://www.prlog.org/11887092-announcing-new-wikipedia-criticism-site.html ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Any studies on economic impact of community-produced open data?

2012-06-03 Thread Chris Keating
One thing that came up in discussion was whether or not anyone has ever done any economic impact studies on Wikipedia and other community-produced open data and open content projects (OpenStreetMap, other Wikimedia projects etc.)? If civic society groups like Wikimedians, OpenStreetMappers,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Update on IPv6

2012-06-03 Thread George Herbert
On Jun 2, 2012, at 6:13, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote: On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 June 2012 13:44, Anthony wikim...@inbox.org wrote: On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:27 PM, John Du Hart compwhi...@gmail.com wrote: What personal

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Any studies on economic impact of community-produced open data?

2012-06-03 Thread Erik Zachte
I doubt most subscribers to Britannica Online access it almost every day, at home and at work, for even most mundane information needs. Wikipedia is much more filled with practical information that helps us save time and avoid costly mistakes every day. Is Britannica Online comparable in