It just occurred to me that there is a new Wikipedia widget maker for inserting widgets linking to Wikipedia and using brief summaries of articles at http://toolserver.org/~magnus/widget/index.html?article=Tell%20England . Maybe this would be useful?
Alex On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Alex Stinson <[email protected]>wrote: > 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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