[Wikipedia-l] Source texts

[Magnus Manske]

I think we should avoid storing *any* texts like these, including the
"Origin of Species" book which is still online at the pedia (and I say so
even though I am a biologist! ;)

Instead, there should be a link to another web page that has the original
text (like Project Gutenberg), and that is to be expected to be around for a
while.

Magnus

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> >What (if anything) is the present consensus on including (short) PD
> texts in
> >the 'pedia.  I'm thinking of
> >http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus
> >http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
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> I don't know that we ever agreed on a single policy.  Clearly,
> there is sentiment against mere "data dumping".   Just using
> Wikipedia as yet another host for old online texts doesn't
> really accomplish anything.  But there's not really any reason
> to /not/ include full texts along with articles about them,
> especially if they are short things like poems, essays, etc.
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