Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interview with MD of Britannica UK
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 18:13, David Gerard wrote: > Q. How much of a problem is the popularity of Wikipedia? > A. I think the comparison is a non-debate, because we offer something > very different. > > Translation: We tried ignoring and slandering them and kept losing. I once chatted to this guy in RL and he said exactly the same thing. I replied "this is irrelevant as no encyclopedia should be cited as a primary source. More importantly Wikipedia is a very good place to start research and offers a good overview of topics." His reply? "I don't think that's true." I can't remember what we talked about after that. Him and I were the only ones left in the auditorium and my friends were wondering where I'd gone so I don't think I grilled him too much. Britannica was sponsoring a debating competition I was in; I ended up with a free year's subscription but frankly their site is awful so I wouldn't even want to use it (not that I would really, being a Wikipedian). S -- Sean Whitton / OpenPGP KeyID: 0x25F4EAB7 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Interview with MD of Britannica UK
2009/2/10 Owen Blacker : > http://econsultancy.com/blog/3268-q-a-ian-grant-of-encyclopaedia-britannica-uk > Ian Grant is the MD of Britannica UK, responsible for the EMEA regions. I've > been talking to Ian about how EB has adapted to the internet, the threat > from Wikipedia, and its plans for the future... Q. How much of a problem is the popularity of Wikipedia? A. I think the comparison is a non-debate, because we offer something very different. Translation: We tried ignoring and slandering them and kept losing. - d. ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
[Wikimediauk-l] Interview with MD of Britannica UK
http://econsultancy.com/blog/3268-q-a-ian-grant-of-encyclopaedia-britannica-uk Ian Grant is the MD of Britannica UK, responsible for the EMEA regions. I've been talking to Ian about how EB has adapted to the internet, the threat from Wikipedia, and its plans for the future... -- Owen Blacker, London GB Say no to ID cards: www.no2id.net Get your mits off my bits: www.openrightsgroup.org Help mySociety push for openness: www.pledgebank.com/supportmysociety -- Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
