Re: [WikiEN-l] NY Times: Wired Editor Apologizes for Copying from Wikipedia in New Book
Steve Bennett wrote: ... > And why do you care anyway? Vanity? Curiosity? Is it that important? > Is a little piece of text on some idiot's webpage the difference > between you contributing your time next time and not? Is the > gratification of your name in cyberspace your primary motivation for > producing useful free images? > > (These questions are rhetorical and deliberately inflammatory. Take > the bait with caution.) A less ego bound reason* for wanting to see some acknowledgment - especially through a link to Wikipedia or the like - is that it is advocacy for the intellectual commons. This could encourage others to get involved or to consider making their content free. Also if the importance of free content isn't widely understood it will be harder for policy makers to come to good decisions about laws or other public support that might impact it. Siobhan *Not that I think there's anything wrong with wanting to see your name in lights - vanity can be a big motivator. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees
Amory Meltzer wrote: > I doubt it'll last. The ACLU is correct on the page when they say "I > liken it to them saying they want to look at your love letters and > your family photos," it's just excessive. It's also largely against > the TOS for most of these sites. It's also pretty dumb from a security perspective for them. If they give the impression that requesting account and password information on official forms is reasonable they can hardly be surprised if their employees give out access to their council systems in this manner. Looks like a policy thoughtlessly adopted by people who haven't considered the big-picture view of what they are asking for. From Wikipedia's perspective it's interesting but largely a non-event. The few people who have accounts and apply for jobs there who would actually pass on their Wikipedia accounts must be very marginal. Not the biggest security concern I would think. (Though if anyone notices a bunch of accounts suddenly making positive and suspiciously similar entries about Bozeman we'll know what their real plan is...) Helen ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
