If these things come to pass, it can reasonably be expected that almost all libraries in the developed world will subscribe to such newspapers as the WSJ and the NYT, and make them available online to library members in their communities. This will of course require first, knowing about this, and second, getting a library card. At present, many important resources are available this way that are not obtainable directly without charge, and people at Wikipedia often do not know this, and complain about the difficulty of using them. (Unfortunately, many other important resources are available this way only from University libraries to their communities, or in public libraries only from within the main library building)
We could easily establish some system to refer people to the appropriate ones; to some degree, we already do it for books. A much more serious problem is the availability of this material in the less-developed world, which includes a great many people who rely on the English Wikipedia--many of whom do not have practical access to any good library. For high-priced academic journals, many publishers now make them available free in the least-developed countries (on the principle that colleges there would never be able to afford their subscription prices, & they are thus losing no potential revenue). Unless such publishers as we are now considering do likewise--and they have less incentive to, for they would probably be able to sell some number of subscriptions almost anywhere--the world-wide availability of information will be severely restricted. David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:52 AM, KillerChihuahua<[email protected]> wrote: > Good idea though! What does eeryone think of writing a special Editnotice > for BLP articles? More effective possibly than the talkpage notice. > > I can speak from experience, however, that some will still ignore. However, > every little bit helps, yes? > > I am not speaking of writing policy there, mind you, merely a little notice > to be aware. > > -kc- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bod Notbod" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "English Wikipedia" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:23 AM > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Online Newspapers Considering Subscription Model > >> >> Looks like you're right. You know there's a bit of text that appears >> when you're in editing mode between the edit window and the 'submit' >> button? I seemed to remember that it said something different when you >> edit a BLP than when you edit say 'donkey' or 'saucer'. But it >> doesn't. Don't know where I got that idea from. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.45/2287 - Release Date: 08/07/09 > 06:22:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
