Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Nupedia

[Mike Warren]

Tom Chance <address@hidden> writes:

> Nupedia to me seems like a missed opportunity, by going too far
> towards editorship and effectively making a slightly more free, web
> based version of britannica with no copyrights etc.

That's a *missed opportunity*? I disagree. The world needs more such
freely-sharable information, and I applaud the Nupedia project for
their efforts towards the goal of a freely sharable encyclopedia. A
well-edited yet copyright-free encyclopedia is a laudable goal indeed.

> This is why I believe Gnupedia (or whatever it gets called) should
> be a seperate project sharing articles.  This way those of us (like
> Bob and I) who want no editorship can have our own approach, and
> those who want some editorship go to Nupedia.

I don't disagree. There is value in having a repository of
freely-sharable information such as what many here want Gnupedia to
become. It think, however, it is misleading to call such a thing an
encyclopedia.

> Why merge them and complicate it unecessarily by having "off-shoot"
> projects. Why not just give each project equal, inepedent
> importance?

I like the previous suggestion of having this project concentrate on
tools and the Nupedia project concentrate on content (for now). Then,
when a bunch of good tools for storing, retrieving and filtering
content are available, contributers to this ``gnu-library''
(GNUbrary?) can be sought.

> Oh I'll post up my organisation ideas (basically a complete
> description of the hosting, submitting and "moderating" processes)
> here later. I would suggest anybody who wants to be in Nupedia goes
> to it, and I wish the very best for you all. The reamaining few can
> stay here and work at a different approach.

I like both projects and both approaches; each has merit in a
different manner. Can I stay in both? ;)

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