This comment on slashdot isn't ignorant: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=172759&cid=14379365 " I've donated to Wikipedia twice in a year. At this point, I've given probably four times the amount of money that I would for, say, Encarta. I love Wikipedia, but 1) I don't have a permanent copy of it on a DVD, like I would for Encarta, and 2) I feel like I'm being "forced" to buy the latest upgrade of Wikipedia when they set up these pleas for donations, since the performance of my encyclopedia directly depends on these fund drives. "
I know there's been a lot of discussion about making a WP 1.0 of reviewed articles, but what do people think of giving out a DVD of current text for donations over, say, $50?
This would be whatever's current at a point in time, with no guarantee about the content accuracy.
I know there'd be some initial hardware cost for a mass burner and some admin overhead, but I can see the point that donating to a service is something done a little skeptically.
Thanks, Jeremy
When we'll finally get a DVD version of the English Wikipedia, that's a great idea - after all, the DVD would probably be licensed under GPL/GFDL, so... For the future, that's a really good idea.
Best regards, Datrio
2006/1/2, Jeremy Dunck jdunck@gmail.com:
This comment on slashdot isn't ignorant: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=172759&cid=14379365 " I've donated to Wikipedia twice in a year. At this point, I've given probably four times the amount of money that I would for, say, Encarta. I love Wikipedia, but 1) I don't have a permanent copy of it on a DVD, like I would for Encarta, and 2) I feel like I'm being "forced" to buy the latest upgrade of Wikipedia when they set up these pleas for donations, since the performance of my encyclopedia directly depends on these fund drives. "
I know there's been a lot of discussion about making a WP 1.0 of reviewed articles, but what do people think of giving out a DVD of current text for donations over, say, $50?
This would be whatever's current at a point in time, with no guarantee about the content accuracy.
I know there'd be some initial hardware cost for a mass burner and some admin overhead, but I can see the point that donating to a service is something done a little skeptically.
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Jeremy Dunck wrote:
This comment on slashdot isn't ignorant: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=172759&cid=14379365 " I've donated to Wikipedia twice in a year. At this point, I've given probably four times the amount of money that I would for, say, Encarta. I love Wikipedia, but 1) I don't have a permanent copy of it on a DVD, like I would for Encarta,
I have on in my hand right now!
However, it's in German. The English-language market is missing out...
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
I'd imagine Wikimedia UK, when it's finally set up, will be looking to do something like that.
Rob Church
On 03/01/06, Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com wrote:
Jeremy Dunck wrote:
This comment on slashdot isn't ignorant: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=172759&cid=14379365 " I've donated to Wikipedia twice in a year. At this point, I've given probably four times the amount of money that I would for, say, Encarta. I love Wikipedia, but 1) I don't have a permanent copy of it on a DVD, like I would for Encarta,
I have on in my hand right now!
However, it's in German. The English-language market is missing out...
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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--- Jeremy Dunck jdunck@gmail.com wrote:
I know there's been a lot of discussion about making a WP 1.0 of reviewed articles, but what do people think of giving out a DVD of current text for donations over, say, $50?
This would be whatever's current at a point in time, with no guarantee about the content accuracy.
I know there'd be some initial hardware cost for a mass burner and some admin overhead, but I can see the point that donating to a service is something done a little skeptically.
Good idea, but tricky. The Wikimedia Foundation is considered to be an ISP/online service provider instead of a publisher right now. ISPs and online service providers are generally not liable for illegal, slanderous, libelous, wrong, and/or dangerous material posted by users of that ISP. However, a publisher *can* be held liable for things it publishes and if the foundation created a DVD, then it would be a publisher. Best that that would be taken care of by another organization, even if it is one we create ourselves.
In the meantime, I see much less potential harm in local chapters coordinating that type of thing with publishers who are willing to assume that risk. The German chapter did this. We could then ask our legal department about what risk the foundation would be subject to if it gave away DVDs created in that way as part of a fundraiser.
-- mav
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