On 20 January 2012 14:10, Charles Matthews
wrote:
> This is the interesting (if now quite old) debate about traditional
> encyclopedias. Yes, Britannica or any other old-style commercial
> encyclopedia is keen to tell you about expert authors. Less keen, for
> example, to tell you when the article
2012/1/20 Carcharoth :
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Amir E. Aharoni
> wrote:
>
>> The biggest difference was in the editorial process - deciding on the
>> scope of the article, finding reviewers, proofreading, communicating
>> with other writers etc. Since it's not over yet, i cannot write m
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Amir E. Aharoni
wrote:
> The biggest difference was in the editorial process - deciding on the
> scope of the article, finding reviewers, proofreading, communicating
> with other writers etc. Since it's not over yet, i cannot write more
> about it, but the compari
2012/1/20 Fred Bauder :
>> http://savageminds.org/2012/01/19/wikipedia-encyclopedias/
>>
>>
>> - d.
>
> Note that citing references is forbidden; proof Wikipedia is not a real
> encyclopedia.
Thank you very much for this link, David.
I submitted an article for a four-volume paper encyclopedia rec
On 20 January 2012 13:18, wiki wrote:
> Yes, but.
>
> Ultimately, a paper encyclopedia says "This article is written by a
> qualified person (you can see his name) he has been chosen by an expert
> panel (here are their names) and his work will be reviewed by them. All of
> the above named peo
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> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] A Wikipedian asked to write for a paper
encyclopedia
>
> > http://savageminds.org/2012/01/19/wikipedia-encyclopedias/
> >
> >
> > - d.
>
> Note that citing references i
> http://savageminds.org/2012/01/19/wikipedia-encyclopedias/
>
>
> - d.
Note that citing references is forbidden; proof Wikipedia is not a real
encyclopedia.
Fred
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On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:34 AM, David Gerard wrote:
> http://savageminds.org/2012/01/19/wikipedia-encyclopedias/
Probably not the first and not the last. I don't find it that surprising.
What he says there is excellent, though. Well worth reading.
Carcharoth
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