The time frame for the recent discussion had already been set by the
sockpuppeteer at two months. Usually I propose about six weeks.
-Durova
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:01 AM, David Goodman <dgoodmanny(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I worked for many years running (among other things)
an interlibrary
loan system. Any librarian in at least the US who says that a free or
inexpensive copy is not available for anything other than a rare book
or an expensive art or reference book is not doing their job right.
The main problem with the system with respect to Wikipedia is that
most libraries work very slowly, so it can take some weeks--and
therefore cannot be used in a Wikipedia debate, which is typically
closed in a few days (or hours).,
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Durova <nadezhda.durova(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Good replies.
Usually in practice that generates one of two responses:
*Either the editor requests an interlibrary loan (or finds someone
willing
and able).
*Or else the editor evades the suggestion and continues disputing on
other
points.
In practice, it's an effective way to distinguish who's serious about the
project and who isn't. I suggested interlibrary loan at a talk page the
other day and go an uncooperative response.
Lo and behold, there had previously been a conduct RFC and a positive
checkuser result for disruption at that article. A new checkuser came in
positive also. Today someone got blocked for a month.
-Durova
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com
wrote:
> 2009/3/4 geni <geniice(a)gmail.com>om>:
> > 2009/3/4 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>om>:
> >> 2009/3/4 geni <geniice(a)gmail.com>om>:
> >>> Doesn't work so well these days. Enough libraries have been closed
and
> >>> stock sold off that you
don't have to get that obscure before you
have
> >>> to turn to the rather expensive
out of county loan system. For
example
>> my county does not have a copy of:
>>
>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_This_Thing_Called_Science%3F
>
> Can we not assume the whole world is situated in the middle of North
> America, please?
I'm kinda British.
Most of the English speaking first world is in a reasonable shape with
regard to libraries. Outside that I'm not sure.
Oh, sorry, where you referring to British counties (I'm not sure what
the public library system is in Britain for this kind of thing - I'm a
student so have access to university libraries and inter-library loans
through that which aren't expensive at all - maybe even free)? I
generally assume if someone doesn't say what country they're talking
about then they mean the USA - it's usually a pretty safe assumption.
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