The time frame for the recent discussion had already been set by the sockpuppeteer at two months. Usually I propose about six weeks.
-Durova On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:01 AM, David Goodman <dgoodma...@gmail.com> wrote: > I worked for many years running (among other things) an interlibrary > loan system. Any librarian in at least the US who says that a free or > inexpensive copy is not available for anything other than a rare book > or an expensive art or reference book is not doing their job right. > > The main problem with the system with respect to Wikipedia is that > most libraries work very slowly, so it can take some weeks--and > therefore cannot be used in a Wikipedia debate, which is typically > closed in a few days (or hours)., > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Durova <nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Good replies. > > > > Usually in practice that generates one of two responses: > > > > *Either the editor requests an interlibrary loan (or finds someone > willing > > and able). > > *Or else the editor evades the suggestion and continues disputing on > other > > points. > > > > In practice, it's an effective way to distinguish who's serious about the > > project and who isn't. I suggested interlibrary loan at a talk page the > > other day and go an uncooperative response. > > > > Lo and behold, there had previously been a conduct RFC and a positive > > checkuser result for disruption at that article. A new checkuser came in > > positive also. Today someone got blocked for a month. > > > > -Durova > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> 2009/3/4 geni <geni...@gmail.com>: > >> > 2009/3/4 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com>: > >> >> 2009/3/4 geni <geni...@gmail.com>: > >> >>> Doesn't work so well these days. Enough libraries have been closed > and > >> >>> stock sold off that you don't have to get that obscure before you > have > >> >>> to turn to the rather expensive out of county loan system. For > example > >> >>> my county does not have a copy of: > >> >>> > >> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_This_Thing_Called_Science%3F > >> >> > >> >> Can we not assume the whole world is situated in the middle of North > >> >> America, please? > >> > > >> > I'm kinda British. > >> > > >> > Most of the English speaking first world is in a reasonable shape with > >> > regard to libraries. Outside that I'm not sure. > >> > >> Oh, sorry, where you referring to British counties (I'm not sure what > >> the public library system is in Britain for this kind of thing - I'm a > >> student so have access to university libraries and inter-library loans > >> through that which aren't expensive at all - maybe even free)? I > >> generally assume if someone doesn't say what country they're talking > >> about then they mean the USA - it's usually a pretty safe assumption. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WikiEN-l mailing list > >> WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > http://durova.blogspot.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > > > -- > David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- http://durova.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l