:) Thanks Philippe. And yes, the WMF is getting a cut of the royalties from "How Wikipedia Works", though at this point it's a pretty small check. Apparently books about Wikipedia are something of a niche market ;)
John: your confusion is understandable, as foundation-l is often noisy (though less so than in the past!) and many messages go into depth on topics that don't necessarily make sense out of context, and/or assume that people understand the historical context of topics/past discussions/who everyone is/etc. But of course you're welcome to hang out. :) All: I still think we need an announcements list, so people who are curious about Wikimedia goings-on don't have to put up with f-l ! -- phoebe On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Philippe Beaudette <[email protected]> wrote: > The delightful authors of "How Wikipedia Works" are some of our very > brightest and best. It's a fantastic book, to which I refer people > regularly. > > They include, by the way, the lovely and talented Phoebe. > > pb > > > ____________________ > Philippe Beaudette > Facilitator, Strategy Project > Wikimedia Foundation > > [email protected] > > > Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > > > On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:29 AM, John M. Sinclair wrote: > >> >> >> Phoebe, thank you! I want to help but have been watching the emails in >> this forum in stupid silence for weeks now, not knowing how the whole >> thing was put together, or what anyone's role was. >> >> I just ordered How Wikipedia Works. I hope the foundation is >> getting a >> cut. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of phoebe >> ayers >> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:40 AM >> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] the Foundation >> >> Hi Tyler! >> >> The history of wikis is pretty well documented here: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wikis >> >> And the history of Wikipedia and how it came to be is analyzed in >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia, and also at length >> in the book "The Wikipedia Revolution", by Andrew Lih. >> >> If you're curious about the Wikimedia Foundation, which this is the >> mailing list for, it's described briefly in the book "How Wikipedia >> Works": http://howwikipediaworks.com/ch17.html >> >> cheers, >> Phoebe >> >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Tyler <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Is Jimmy Wales on this list? Jimmy, what inspired you to do a WIKI >> pedia? Were you inspired by the earlier wiki encyclopedia known as >> WikiWikiWeb (c2.com)? Were there any other wikis before you besides >> that >> c2 wiki? >>> _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
