[WikiEN-l] Online Newspapers Considering Subscription Model

[KillerChihuahua]

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" <dgoodmanny at gmail.com>
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
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, <WJhonson at aol.com> 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
>>