Where was the original message in this thread? I
never saw it, and
it's not in the archives...
Peter
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On May 18, 2004, at 12:33 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
Ray Cherry wrote:
Do you think that WikiSource would be the
correct situation for the
'Conceptionary'?
The document in it's current from does present the source of the
term, and then a proposal for its possible evolution into a system
for overcoming translation difficulties with the
language-independent organisation of human ideas/concepts within a
public-access network database.
This is the source text of the Conceptionary project.
Would you be willing to maintain it at WikiSource?
Looking forward to your reply.
No.
This is not the interpretation of "source text" that we would
consider applicable at Wikisource. Although we do include some recent
material that is subject to GFDL licensing, most of the material has
already passed into the public domain.
It is understandable that your material represents the original
source for the "Conceptionary" project, but it is this very fact of
being modern original research that makes it unsuitable for WikiSource.
I would continue to recommend that WikiBooks would be the appropriate
place for this. However, since my own participation in that project
has never been more than marginal, I cannot presume what their
policies might be on this matter.
I believe that there is a place in the world for such original ideas,
and I sympathize with your difficulties in finding exposure for
them. It is all the more difficult at a time when each of us has
other priorities which demand an ever-increasin portion of available
time.
Ray Saintonge (Eclecticology)
PS: I would appreciate it if someone who is more involved wih
WikiBooks would comment from that perspective. -Ec