2009/7/25 Apoc 2400 <apoc2...@gmail.com>: > This is not published by the "real" Merriam–Webster, but Icon Group > International. That is company that computer generate enourmous numbers of > useless books that fill up Google Books. These "Webster’s Quotations, Facts > and Phrases" books that are made from excerpts of Wikipedia articles are > especially annoying, as people who don't check their sources properly create > circular references. I search for these occasionally and remove them from > articles.
The problem is that "Webster" isnt a trademark - it's become genericised. See [[Webster's Dictionary]]. As you note, there's all manner of works, some high-quality and some not so high, published by all sorts of companies. Editors need to pay particular attention ... Merriam-Webster is in fact the genuine Noah Webster-descended company. - d. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
