Please see the video archive and blog posts from our panel discussion about
the Wikipedia Library and its engagement with Elsevier and various
proprietary sources of information:
On the panel were Jake Orlowitz of the Wikipedia library, and several Open
Access publishing advocates.
-Pete
[[User:Peteforsyth]]
(I convened and moderated the panel)
On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Robert Fernandez <wikigamaliel(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
The Wikimedia Library distributes donated accounts
from Elsevier to
Wikipedia editors. This was the subject of some debate last September.
(Here's my take on that debate:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-16/Edito…
).
I cannot speak for them, but I do not believe they have any plans to
abandon this arrangement.
On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Andrea Zanni
<zanni.andrea84(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
As much as I'd **love** to see that,
I think it would be a very bold step from the WMF,
supporting a heroic BUT illegal operation as Sci-Hub, against a
despicable
BUT legal operation like Elsevier.
If the WMF does want to be bold, this is a great battle to fight.
There is nothing risky in: (1) dropping all connections with Elsevier
and (2) expressing moral support to Sci-Hub, LibGen and similar
projects.
--
Milos
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