http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/16/internet-copyright-lawca... my eye because of its rather alarming headline. However it's about copyright law; the headline refers to this paragraph:
In a second thought experiment, imagine that it's five years ago and you are responsible for developing the most comprehensive and up-to-the-minute encyclopedia the world has ever seen. One strategy is to create a global company, employ the brightest people available, check every fact produced, and implement the most rigorous editorial controls. A second option is to "just create a website and let anybody put up anything". Again, we'd mostly have opted for the first strategy, and the world wouldn't have Wikipediahttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/10/wikipedia.internet .
I might quibble with the description "let anybody put up anything" but the author makes an interesting point.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/16/internet-copyright-law
caught my eye because of its rather alarming headline. However it's about copyright law; the headline refers to this paragraph:
In a second thought experiment, imagine that it's five years ago and you are responsible for developing the most comprehensive and up-to-the-minute encyclopedia the world has ever seen. One strategy is to create a global company, employ the brightest people available, check every fact produced, and implement the most rigorous editorial controls. A second option is to "just create a website and let anybody put up anything". Again, we'd mostly have opted for the first strategy, and the world wouldn't have Wikipediahttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/10/wikipedia.internet .
I might quibble with the description "let anybody put up anything" but the author makes an interesting point.
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On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Sam Blacketer sam.blacketer@googlemail.com wrote:
<snip>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/10/wikipedia.internet
Thanks for bringing up that old article from 2008. Some lovely bits there:
"It was like a giant community leaf-raking project in which everyone was called a groundsman. Some brought very fancy professional metal rakes, or even back-mounted leaf-blowing systems, and some were just kids thrashing away with the sides of their feet or stuffing handfuls in the pockets of their sweatshirts, but all the leaves they brought to the pile were appreciated.
And the pile grew and everyone jumped up and down in it, having a wonderful time. And it grew some more, and it became the biggest leaf pile anyone had ever seen, a world wonder.
And then self-promoted leaf-pile guards appeared, doubters and deprecators who would look askance at your proffered handful and shake their heads, saying that your leaves were too crumpled or too slimy or too common, throwing them to the side. And that was too bad. The people who guarded the leaf pile this way were called "deletionists".
But that came later. First it was just fun. "
Rather a nice analogy, I think.
Carcharoth
I was just going to post that analogy. Then you did. :(
Oh well. :)
X!
On Mar 16, 2009, at 12:12 PM [Mar 16, 2009 ], Carcharoth wrote:
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Sam Blacketer sam.blacketer@googlemail.com wrote:
<snip>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/10/wikipedia.internet
Thanks for bringing up that old article from 2008. Some lovely bits there:
"It was like a giant community leaf-raking project in which everyone was called a groundsman. Some brought very fancy professional metal rakes, or even back-mounted leaf-blowing systems, and some were just kids thrashing away with the sides of their feet or stuffing handfuls in the pockets of their sweatshirts, but all the leaves they brought to the pile were appreciated.
And the pile grew and everyone jumped up and down in it, having a wonderful time. And it grew some more, and it became the biggest leaf pile anyone had ever seen, a world wonder.
And then self-promoted leaf-pile guards appeared, doubters and deprecators who would look askance at your proffered handful and shake their heads, saying that your leaves were too crumpled or too slimy or too common, throwing them to the side. And that was too bad. The people who guarded the leaf pile this way were called "deletionists".
But that came later. First it was just fun. "
Rather a nice analogy, I think.
Carcharoth
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On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Sam Blacketer < sam.blacketer@googlemail.com> wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/16/internet-copyright-lawca... my eye because of its rather alarming headline. However it's about copyright law; the headline refers to this paragraph:
In a second thought experiment, imagine that it's five years ago and you are responsible for developing the most comprehensive and up-to-the-minute encyclopedia the world has ever seen. One strategy is to create a global company, employ the brightest people available, check every fact produced, and implement the most rigorous editorial controls. A second option is to "just create a website and let anybody put up anything". Again, we'd mostly have opted for the first strategy, and the world wouldn't have Wikipedia< http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/10/wikipedia.internet%3E .
I might quibble with the description "let anybody put up anything" but the author makes an interesting point.
-- Sam Blacketer
Interesting that it's in quotes. Is it a quotation, or were the quotation marks used improperly?
Improper, or at least they misrepresent the source, as far as I can tell.
- Chris
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Sam Blacketer < sam.blacketer@googlemail.com> wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/16/internet-copyright-lawca...
my eye because of its rather alarming headline. However it's about copyright law; the headline refers to this paragraph:
In a second thought experiment, imagine that it's five years ago and you are responsible for developing the most comprehensive and up-to-the-minute encyclopedia the world has ever seen. One strategy is to create a global company, employ the brightest people available, check every fact
produced,
and implement the most rigorous editorial controls. A second option is to "just create a website and let anybody put up anything". Again, we'd
mostly
have opted for the first strategy, and the world wouldn't have Wikipedia< http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/10/wikipedia.internet%3E .
I might quibble with the description "let anybody put up anything" but
the
author makes an interesting point.
-- Sam Blacketer
Interesting that it's in quotes. Is it a quotation, or were the quotation marks used improperly? _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l