:) Thanks Philippe. And yes, the WMF is getting a cut of the royalties
from "How Wikipedia Works", though at this point it's a pretty small
check. Apparently books about Wikipedia are something of a niche
market ;)
John: your confusion is understandable, as foundation-l is often noisy
(though less so than in the past!) and many messages go into depth on
topics that don't necessarily make sense out of context, and/or assume
that people understand the historical context of topics/past
discussions/who everyone is/etc. But of course you're welcome to hang
out. :)
All: I still think we need an announcements list, so people who are
curious about Wikimedia goings-on don't have to put up with f-l !
-- phoebe
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Philippe Beaudette
<pbeaudette(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
The delightful authors of "How Wikipedia
Works" are some of our very
brightest and best. It's a fantastic book, to which I refer people
regularly.
They include, by the way, the lovely and talented Phoebe.
pb
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Facilitator, Strategy Project
Wikimedia Foundation
philippe(a)wikimedia.org
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On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:29 AM, John M. Sinclair wrote:
>
>
> Phoebe, thank you! I want to help but have been watching the emails in
> this forum in stupid silence for weeks now, not knowing how the whole
> thing was put together, or what anyone's role was.
>
> I just ordered How Wikipedia Works. I hope the foundation is
> getting a
> cut.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of phoebe
> ayers
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:40 AM
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] the Foundation
>
> Hi Tyler!
>
> The history of wikis is pretty well documented here:
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wikis
>
> And the history of Wikipedia and how it came to be is analyzed in
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia, and also at length
> in the book "The Wikipedia Revolution", by Andrew Lih.
>
> If you're curious about the Wikimedia Foundation, which this is the
> mailing list for, it's described briefly in the book "How Wikipedia
> Works":
http://howwikipediaworks.com/ch17.html
>
> cheers,
> Phoebe
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Tyler <programmer651(a)comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> Is Jimmy Wales on this list? Jimmy, what inspired you to do a WIKI
> pedia? Were you inspired by the earlier wiki encyclopedia known as
> WikiWikiWeb (c2.com)? Were there any other wikis before you besides
> that
> c2 wiki?
>>