On 10/18/05, Phil Boswell <phil.boswell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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I would hate for an opportunity like this, of getting
something really
useful up and running really quickly, to be lost while we dither.
I don't see how it's going to be lost, is there another free
encyclopedia that they'll partner with if we don't slather wikipedia
with externals to them?
I suspect that, like myself, many people have a hard time getting
excited about filling up wikipedia with more externals rather than
enhancing the value of Wikipedia directly.
Geodata in articles about subjects which have a definite location
belongs in Wikipedia, that much is clear. I don't think its at all
clear that we need to undertake a large effort to integrate with a
third party site which is providing a service we should ultimately
provide ourselves.