Re: [WikiEN-l] Cubans start online encyclopedia
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Keith Old wrote: > Cuba has begun its own online encyclopedia, similar to Wikipedia, with the > goal of presenting its version of the world and history. Cool, well at least it's not duplication of effort. If there are going to be any other online encyclopaedias, it's better (from that perspective) that they not try and be NPOV. It does sound like a possibly highly amusing anti-conservapedia. Someone should create a mashup. Steve ___ 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] Cubans start online encyclopedia
Just I tried to create an account. Emails from @gmail.com , hotmail and yahoo are all blocked. I think only emails from some domians from Cuba are allowed have an account. (and you need an account to edit). The site allows to create an account with a @hlg.jovenclub.cu email. Of course I can't confirm the link since I don't have that email. The lead from United States article its almost a joke. On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Keith Old wrote: > G'day folks, > > Reuters reports that Cuba has started its own online encyclopedia. > > http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE6BD02E20101214?sp=true > > Cuba has begun its own online encyclopedia, similar to Wikipedia, with the > goal of presenting its version of the world and history. > > It describes its longtime ideological enemy, the United States, as "the > empire of our time" and "the most powerful nation of all time." > > EcuRed (www.ecured.cu) will be launched officially on Tuesday, but it was > already up and running on Monday, with 19,345 entries. > > It was developed "to create and disseminate the knowledge of all and for > all, from Cuba and with the world," the site said. > > Users supposedly will be able to update entries with prior approval from > EcuRed administrators. > "Its philosophy is the accumulation and development of knowledge, with a > democratizing, not profitable, objective, from a decolonizer point of view," > the site said. > > (More in story) > Regards > > > *Keith Old > * > -- > Keith Old > 62050121 (w) > 62825360 (h) > 0429478376 (m) > ___ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
[WikiEN-l] Cubans start online encyclopedia
G'day folks, Reuters reports that Cuba has started its own online encyclopedia. http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE6BD02E20101214?sp=true Cuba has begun its own online encyclopedia, similar to Wikipedia, with the goal of presenting its version of the world and history. It describes its longtime ideological enemy, the United States, as "the empire of our time" and "the most powerful nation of all time." EcuRed (www.ecured.cu) will be launched officially on Tuesday, but it was already up and running on Monday, with 19,345 entries. It was developed "to create and disseminate the knowledge of all and for all, from Cuba and with the world," the site said. Users supposedly will be able to update entries with prior approval from EcuRed administrators. "Its philosophy is the accumulation and development of knowledge, with a democratizing, not profitable, objective, from a decolonizer point of view," the site said. (More in story) Regards *Keith Old * -- Keith Old 62050121 (w) 62825360 (h) 0429478376 (m) ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
