I think we should avoid storing *any* texts like these, including the "Origin of Species" book which is still online at the pedia (and I say so even though I am a biologist! ;)
Instead, there should be a link to another web page that has the original text (like Project Gutenberg), and that is to be expected to be around for a while.
Magnus
-----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-admin@nupedia.com [mailto:wikipedia-l-admin@nupedia.com]On Behalf Of lcrocker@nupedia.com Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 6:49 PM To: wikipedia-l@nupedia.com Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Source texts
What (if anything) is the present consensus on including (short) PD
texts in
the 'pedia. I'm thinking of http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
I don't know that we ever agreed on a single policy. Clearly, there is sentiment against mere "data dumping". Just using Wikipedia as yet another host for old online texts doesn't really accomplish anything. But there's not really any reason to /not/ include full texts along with articles about them, especially if they are short things like poems, essays, etc. 0