I called a guy with an electronic content over here (46 encyclopedia grade articles) and over the phone, he was explicit in okaying his content on Wiki.
To tell you the truth, he was more excited than I am! Where do I go from here? Please don't tell me he has to sign some paper work.
Regards,
46 encyclopedia articles are great :) are those articles online ? can we take a look at them before putting them in the Arabic Wikipedia ?
As for the signing paper thing.. Well, the author have to agree to put his content under FDL or a compatible license, I can send him a little agreement in Both Arabic and English, for him to print and sign, and pass to you. And you scan and send it by email to us here (the list) and Jimmy Wales (Head of Wikipedia Foundation).
Another alternative is that he clearly state that the content is under FDL in his Website/Electronic distribution Media. We don't want Wikipedia to get sued over Copyright violation :) We need to be sure that all content is Free.
I hope that this is not complicated..
BTW: what are the articles about ? topics ?
Anther thing .. YOU ARE A MACHINE :) advocating Wikipedia where ever you walk :)
Yours Isam Bayazidi
Ahmad Al-rasheedan wrote:
I called a guy with an electronic content over here (46 encyclopedia grade articles) and over the phone, he was explicit in okaying his content on Wiki.
To tell you the truth, he was more excited than I am! Where do I go from here? Please don't tell me he has to sign some paper work.
Regards,
On Thursday 04 March 2004 02:22, Isam Bayazidi wrote:
46 encyclopedia articles are great :)
Well maybe not _all_ are suitable for Wiki after all. I didn't mean to set high hopes but he has some nice material. Some articles off his web site are not suitable, though.
are those articles online ?
Yes sir. http://www.3llamteen.com/html/ I understood from him he has more but "we need to sit". Why I don't have doubts he is willing to give up his content? I know the authors mentality; similar to Wikipedians in a way.
can we take a look at them before putting them in the Arabic Wikipedia ?
Sure.
Wikipedia to get sued over Copyright violation :) We need to be sure that all content is Free.
I hope that this is not complicated..
Not at all.
BTW: what are the articles about ? topics ?
Moslem related.
Anther thing .. YOU ARE A MACHINE :) advocating Wikipedia where ever you walk :)
Well, lets hope we get something out of it. I am just PIS%$# at the article count and the quality compared to other languages. I mean no disrespect to everyone contributing but we owe it to ourselves to produce better output.
BTW, what lead to this guy was the meeting I held with the head of IT at the Kuwaiti gov. institution I promissed to visit. They didn't have what I wanted but they introduced me to the above web site owner and another dude from "جمعية إحياء التراث". Latter have tons of content and knowing the background of " جمعية إحياء التراث", I know they would love to have their content published. I don't want to set high hopes but I am trying to get rich content as I go.
Regards,