On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:37 AM, stevertigo
<stvrtg(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well the WP:SOHE idea to me seems a reasonable
compromise -- one that
makes small parts of copyright texts open to our research needs, while
still respecting the needs of authors to keep whole works marketable.
WP:SOHE being the page that you wrote recently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sourcehelpers
"A nearly identical concept at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange
(consisting of shared resources and resource requests) while
expansive, is fairly inactive."
Did you not think of trying to make Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource
Exchange more active, rather than starting a new page and a new
proposal?
Indeed! Without commenting for or against the content of that page, I
am disturbed by the acronymic profligacy that this represents. Gracing
the page with an acronym as though it's something that everyone should
know about does not help with communication. When I encounter an
acronym like that my instinct tells me to ignore it.
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