[WikiEN-l] Answers.com tool released

[Matt R]

Elisabeth Bauer <elian at djini.de> wrote:
> Erik Moeller schrieb:
> > Jimmy has added a link to the answers.com Wikipedia edition to the
> > [[Wikipedia:Tools]] page:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point
<snip>
> *geez* get a cup of tea, listen to good music and do something useful.

Wikipedia has a business relationship with a company that is indulging in some intellectual property-related evilness. Moreover, the actions of this company are inhibiting the creation of tools that facilitate access to Wikipedia. Both ethically and pragmatically, therefore, it is entirely reasonable to ask ourselves what our response should be (if anything). Maybe not listing their tool is an appropriate response -- who knows? It's worth at least thinking about for a minute. It's not WP:POINT.

-- Matt
[[User:Matt Crypto]]