On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:42 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 27 July 2010 09:36, Shiju Alex shijualexonline@gmail.com wrote:
Wiki communities like the biological growth of the wikipedia articles in their wiki. Why English Wikipedia did not start building wikipedia articles using *Encyclopedia Britannica 1911* edition which was available in the public domain?
Er, are you saying that it didn't, and that it not doing so proves your point?
Because such a statement is factually inaccurate - en:wp *did* use the 1911EB as starter material.
At least for some entries...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:1911