On 26/09/2007, Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk wrote:
There used to be actual discussions here that didn't promptly devolve into nonsense about privacy, ramblings about banning, and other thoroughly unrelated crap, you know. Somewhere or another, we may even have touched on an encyclopedia for more than three messages at a time.
You seem quite obsessed with the encyclopaedia. So tell me, how many featured articles, good articles, and/or other things would it cost to get a Wikipaedia- namespace page deleted? How many to get one blanked?
Assuming you even have enough influence to get the things blanked/deleted without drawing more attention to them, which you probably don't....
I am dead serious about this, if you are interested.
Terms: 1. You can specify how many featured articles / good articles / whatever each page blanking or deletion is worth, in your estimation. Please provide a conversion ratio between featured articles and good articles. 2. I can't edit Wikipaedia, but I can release them under GFDL-compatible licences. My choice will probably be 3-clause BSD. I expect my licences to be respected, i.e. not deleted. 3. Since free licences have a tendency to be non-revokable, I expect a guarantee that the blankings / deletions will not be revoked, and that measures will be taken to prevent them from being publicly discussed on Wikipaedia, *before* I release the material under a free licence, but not necessarily before I write them.
On 26/09/2007, Armed Blowfish diodontida.armata@googlemail.com wrote:
On 26/09/2007, Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk wrote:
There used to be actual discussions here that didn't promptly devolve into nonsense about privacy, ramblings about banning, and other thoroughly unrelated crap, you know. Somewhere or another, we may even have touched on an encyclopedia for more than three messages at a time.
You seem quite obsessed with the encyclopaedia. So tell me, how many featured articles, good articles, and/or other things would it cost to get a Wikipaedia- namespace page deleted? How many to get one blanked?
Assuming you even have enough influence to get the things blanked/deleted without drawing more attention to them, which you probably don't....
On 27/09/2007, Armed Blowfish diodontida.armata@googlemail.com wrote:
I am dead serious about this, if you are interested.
Terms:
- You can specify how many featured articles / good articles / whatever each page blanking or deletion is worth, in your estimation. Please provide a conversion ratio between featured articles and good articles.
Wikipedia operates on a gift economy not a market based economy.
- I can't edit Wikipaedia, but I can release them under GFDL-compatible licences. My choice will probably be 3-clause BSD. I expect my licences to be respected, i.e. not deleted.
Including BSD licensed content in a GFDL work is problematical.
- Since free licences have a tendency to be non-revokable, I expect a guarantee that the blankings / deletions will not be revoked, and that measures will be taken to prevent them from being publicly discussed on Wikipaedia, *before* I release the material under a free licence, but not necessarily before I write them.
Which part of wiki you not get?