http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/britannica-to-give-wikipediarun-...
Bundling access with a broadband subscription. Does Britannica still take user contributions?
- d.
According to the article they do, but only if you give them your name and address and then let a "professional" verify your edit. Also you can only edit for free for the first 24 months, then you have to pay them.
Plus they have decided to concentrate on the broadband market and ignore the mobile market.
Can't say I'd be tempted, but perhaps the Indian market puts less value on the word free?
WereSpielChequers
On 12 December 2010 16:52, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/britannica-to-give-wikipediarun-...
Bundling access with a broadband subscription. Does Britannica still take user contributions?
- d.
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The Indian market is huge, values education highly and has widespread English and good internet availability.
Still I'm a bit surprised they've decided to pioneer this bundling concept there rather than, say, North America. It isn't as if Wikipedia didn't already have a prominent and *multilingual* presence in the Indian marketplace, that Britannica could only dream of.
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:08 AM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequers@gmail.com wrote:
According to the article they do, but only if you give them your name and address and then let a "professional" verify your edit. Also you can only edit for free for the first 24 months, then you have to pay them.
Brilliant! Paying for the privilege of writing their encyclopaedia for them!
Steve
This is also interesting.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/2010/12/16/stories/201012165004...
FT2
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:08 AM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequers@gmail.com wrote:
According to the article they do, but only if you give them your name and address and then let a "professional" verify your edit. Also you can only edit for free for the first 24 months, then you have to pay them.
Brilliant! Paying for the privilege of writing their encyclopaedia for them!
Steve
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Yes there are two interesting things that I take from that - Britannia is talking to the Search engine companies and they are going to host a local copy in servers in India.
If they came higher up the search rankings where they have articles it still wouldn't compensate for the relatively small size of their pedia, especially if most of it will be paywalled.
Overcoming the international bottlenecks on the web by having local or regional data centres is in my view the one investment that would make most difference to Wikipedia in the short to medium term. If Britannia is ultimately commercial but it is a faster site then they have a niche.
WereSpielChequers
On 24 December 2010 03:27, FT2 ft2.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
This is also interesting.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/2010/12/16/stories/201012165004...
FT2
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:08 AM, WereSpielChequers werespielchequers@gmail.com wrote:
According to the article they do, but only if you give them your name and address and then let a "professional" verify your edit. Also you can only edit for free for the first 24 months, then you have to pay them.
Brilliant! Paying for the privilege of writing their encyclopaedia for them!
Steve
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