I agree completely with David, and if David is misunderstaning, please explain. Your comment in an earlier email that "Most people seem to fail to understand to what I refer." certainly applies to me, as I have no idea what you're talking about. I also cannot see why you're being coy rather than blunt - *you* certainly know what you're talking about, so please tell us.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Goodman" <[email protected]> To: "English Wikipedia" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Online Newspapers Considering Subscription Model >A reference that requires payment is still a reference and there is no > reason to remove it. Almost always, these paid sources are subscribed > to by libraries to which many hundreds of people here have access, and > can be accessed at least by those members of that institution, and > often by public visitors to it. > Further, the articles will be read by thousands of people who do have > access, as well as by those who do not. it is no more a problem that > those books available in only a few dozen libraries. > > The only paid references that should be removed are those which merely > duplicate exactly what is available from other sources. For example, > if a story is reprinted in many newspapers, we should try to find one > which is free. > > David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG > > > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 9:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think David you have not understood at all what I said. >> Please explain your objection in a manner highlighting what you think I >> said, and why you would object to what I said. >> >> Will >> _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
