[Foundation-l] I didn't know we're on the BBC!

[James Alexander]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 2:51 PM, quiddity <pandiculation at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Bod Notbod <bodnotbod at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've just discovered that the BBC's music site [1] is using our
> > content for their biographies of musicians/bands [2].
> >
> > This makes me happy.
> >
> > [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/
> > [2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/faqs#why_is_the_bbc_using_wikipedia
> >
>
> Marvelous! They appear to be using just the lead section from our
> articles, and then from Musicbrainz.org they're pulling the metadata
> (band members, collaborations) and external links list.
>
> Examples (they use the same unfortunate url scheme as musicbrainz...)
> The Beatles
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d
> Ludwig van Beethoven
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/1f9df192-a621-4f54-8850-2c5373b7eac9
> Portishead
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/8f6bd1e4-fbe1-4f50-aa9b-94c450ec0f11
>
>
> -
> It's not fully automated. They're missing a few obscure bands (that we
> and musicbrainz have the relevant content for) such as Lullatone.
> Also they're occasionally missing Wikipedia's content when we've
> disambiguated the page name, such as Solex
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/e064f6f6-76a8-4efe-a94b-09bec8942347
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solex_%28musician%29
> On the other hand, they have pages for artists that we don't cover
> yet, such as Ogurusu Norihide.
>
> -
> Relatedly, all their album reviews (including items from c.2002) seem
> to be released under CC BY-NC-SA
>
>
> -
> Separately,
> I tried to send the BBC this bug report, but the webform refused to
> send because "is not plain text"... Gah! Maybe someone here can pass
> it along to their webmaster?
>
> "Broken link in FAQ:
> The link here:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/faqs#what_happens_if_wikipedias_vandalised
> currently points to:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_vandalism
> which is incorrect. It should point to:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism
> "
>
>
>
> Thanks for the pointer, Bod.
>
> Quiddity
>

Did we set this up? Even links to edit with a statement to do so if you find
anything problematic with it. Very nice!

James