I agree with Roger. However, there might be the option of automatically porting the Wikipedia data like they have begun doing with Facebook with some sort of widget or template.
For those of you who find that their aren't links coming back from Wikipedia to Open Library, I added the link for Tell England on the Wikipedia article in the following edit http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tell_England&diff=437059278&oldid=431133226. It is basically the same process with authors, except using OL author. Alex On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Roger Loran Bailey <[email protected]>wrote: > The link to Wikipedia might be advantageous, but I think that some kind of > description should be in the Open Library entry too. That is, the Wikipedia > link should not substitute for the description, only augment it. > > > _ _ _ > > "The time to speak the truth has come.... The government of the United > States cannot be on the side of peasants because it is an ally of the > landowners. It cannot be on the side of workers anywhere in the world > because it is an ally of the monopolies. It cannot be on the side of > colonies because it is an ally of the colonizing powers." - Fidel Castro > 1960 > > > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 > > > The Militant: > http://www.themilitant.com > Pathfinder Press: > http://www.pathfinderpress.com > Granma International: > http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "neville holmes" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 3:00 AM > Subject: Re: [ol-discuss] Ol-discuss Digest, Vol 47, Issue 11 > > > > On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 Alex Stinson wrote: > >> > >> There is not problem in using the Lead or some > >> other part of a Wikipedia article in the OL entry. > >> However remember that Wikipedia is released under > >> a CC-BY-SA licenses so if you do use the Wikipedia > >> content make sure that you leave attribution at > >> the end of the quoted material. ... > > > > What I had in mind was not quoting from Wikipedia, > > but linking to it. Like <a > > href=http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL136518A>this</a>. > > I shouldn't think this would need attribution. Note > > that Wikipedia also features works, like > > <a href=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1340645W>this</a>. > > > > In that way the Wikipedia crowd would manage the > > descriptive data and OL would manage the book content > > and the bibliographic data. And of course enthusiasts > > could work in both groups. This partnership could > > be formal, with Wikipedia linking to OL whenever OL > > linked to Wikipedia, and vice versa. > > > > These ideas coming from one who is a distant observer > > in library matters and a minor collector of old books, > > > > Neville Holmes > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ol-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] >
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