Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Presence On Wikipedia
On Dec 20, 2007 12:19 AM, Landon Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... and there was some other discussion about a multi-language GIS dictionary. Here the link to my proposal: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_Multilanguage_Dictionary Markus ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Presence On Wikipedia
Thanks Markus. I should have included that link in my message. Landon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Markus Neteler Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 3:26 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Presence On Wikipedia On Dec 20, 2007 12:19 AM, Landon Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... and there was some other discussion about a multi-language GIS dictionary. Here the link to my proposal: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_Multilanguage_Dictionary Markus ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Presence On Wikipedia
Landon Blake wrote: We could set up a wiki page to coordinate Wikipedia entries we help to maintain, and I could start by migrating some of the appropriate definition entries from the dictionary to Wikipedia. Any thoughts or comments? Is anyone else interested in this? (Is it a good idea?) You would think the idea is good, but Wikipedia has a major problem with arrogance :( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_software_packages#Geographic_information_system is a starting point for references to software, but if the package is not 'notable' it will be killed as will probably happen with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapnik And more critically http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary PREVENTS using it as a repository of terms :( So perhaps we need a Openpedia to store all the useful information. ( And I admit to being pissed off with wikipedia because they just culled an article I wrote on an open source CMS package, while several other 'advertisements' remain - if you LIST open source projects then they should all be listed - mapnik and other packages should ALL be present ? ) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://home.lsces.co.uk MEDW - http://home.lsces.co.uk/ModelEngineersDigitalWorkshop/ Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
