I have saved a few user pages on Wikinfo. The usual boilerplate I put at the
top of the page is "This is the user page of a Wikipedia editor who does not
edit on Wikinfo" Certain user pages are of interest to Wikinfo readers and
have been imported, notably those of Jimbo Wales and Larry Sanger and a few
others. Most Wikipedia user pages are of little interest except to someone
who is actively editing on Wikipedia and there is no reason to import them
by saving them although it is possible to read them from Wikinfo as indeed
it is from any location on the internet.
Fred
From: Mark Gerdes <ark30inf(a)yahoo.com>
Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:36:00 -0800 (PST)
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Wikinfo-Wikipedia-User pages
Hey folks, I am just a contributor on Wikinfo and
don't speak for Wikinfo in any way but want to point
out something.
Some Wikipedia folk have gotten the impression that
Wikinfo has "stolen" the Wikipedia user pages.
This is not true. Wikinfo has a feature that allows
importation of Wikipedia pages that Wikipedia provides
via XML export.
When Wikipedia users go over there to look for their
user page they are presented with what Wikipedia
exports. Its not actually in the database at Wikinfo,
its just presented for them in their browser so they
can save it IF THEY WANT. Some Wikipedia users seem
to be seeing this and thinking that Wikinfo has
"stolen" it. They then edit the page (usually
blanking it) which saves a user page under their name
where none had existed before.
Wikinfo ONLY imports what Wikipedia exports and
Wikipedia exports user pages.
I am mentioning this to lessen the confusion and maybe
lessen any mistaken hard feelings. Thanks for listening.
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