[WikiEN-l] An obscene example of remote loading

[Deathphoenix]

I first became interested in contributing to Wikipedia as a direct result of
looking at answers.com articles.

On 1/29/07, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>
> William Pietri wrote:
> > Say, are there examples of people who do this well, contributing back to
> > Wikipedia or to the general public? The examples I've seen are all a bit
> > disappointing, but perhaps that's just because the outrageous ones
> > generate more attention.
>
> Answers.com is an excellent example.  They license Wikipedia content and
> also license content from many other more traditional sources, and offer
> it up to people who search on their site.  They have always been a
> strong supporter of Wikimedia and have been traditionally the #1 sponsor
> of the annual Wikimania conference.
>
> So they benefit from our work, and they give back to the community as
> well.
>
> --Jimbo
>
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