Erik Moeller wrote:
Expanding an idea by fonzy, I have created a skeleton
for Wikipedians to
organize the sharing of information from proprietary resources. See
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AShared_resources
The current text that is there:
This page is a reference for Wikipedians in need of certain proprietary
information resources (encyclopedias, CD-ROM archives, expensive books
etc.). The page has a section of resources that are offered and one of
resources that are wanted. These sections are separated into subsections
for specific resource types.
Feel free to offer any type of resource, but please understand that this
page is not intended to facilitate copyright violation -- "shared
resource" implies that you are willing to make use of that resource for
someone else, in your own time. Please provide as much detail as possible
about:
* version of the resource
* storage form of the resource (paper, CD-ROM, online archive etc.)
It is assumed that these resources are available to you for free or that
you are willing to cover any costs. Users should note that these shared
usage offers, unless otherwise noted, are only valid for Wikipedia
purposes.
Please add your own resources in the appropriate section.
Along the same line, I've often found interesting web sites which I've
bookmarked for later reference when I can focus my attention on the
subject matter. Several months later when I'm ready ... poof! it's
gone. Some of these have useful information, and it's a shame that it
becomes lost because somebody didn't pay his ISP bill.
These sites are covered by copyright, so for the most part we just can't
copy the material onto Wikipedia and make it available to the public.
Still it could be in the public interest to copy material from
threatened sites into a restricted access file where it could be revived
if and when the original site could no longer be maintained. It would
be a lot easier to come to a conditional release agreement while the
site is still functioning than after it has gone under.
Eclecticology