[WikiEN-l] Encarta article list

Jimmy Wales jwales at wikia.com
Sat Aug 27 21:44:44 UTC 2005


Magnus Manske wrote:
> Based on a list collected by [[user:Bluemoose]], I have generated
> link-lists at
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Encarta_Encyclopedia_topics
> 
> There are 19 lists, with initially 2000 links each, *including existing
> links*. The lists will have to be manually cleaned from links to
> existing articles (due to naming problems, I would not recommend a bot).
> 
> I have already done two of these lists (one and a half, to be honest, as
> #19 was only half full), but now it becomes a PITA ;-)
> 
> So please, assist in the effort. Each of the remaining 17 pages has 40
> sections to ease editing. If just a few of you do some sections, the
> lists will be usable pretty soon.

Please delete this list immediately.  Opinions of our legal team are
divided about the issue, and I feel that in a case like this,
conservatism and caution are called for.

I would delete it myself, except that I'm on a plane.

--Jimb




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