On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 2:51 PM, quiddity <pandiculat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Bod Notbod <bodnot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've just discovered that the BBC's music site [1] is using our > > content for their biographies of musicians/bands [2]. > > > > This makes me happy. > > > > [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/ > > [2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/faqs#why_is_the_bbc_using_wikipedia > > > > Marvelous! They appear to be using just the lead section from our > articles, and then from Musicbrainz.org they're pulling the metadata > (band members, collaborations) and external links list. > > Examples (they use the same unfortunate url scheme as musicbrainz...) > The Beatles > http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d > Ludwig van Beethoven > http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/1f9df192-a621-4f54-8850-2c5373b7eac9 > Portishead > http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/8f6bd1e4-fbe1-4f50-aa9b-94c450ec0f11 > > > - > It's not fully automated. They're missing a few obscure bands (that we > and musicbrainz have the relevant content for) such as Lullatone. > Also they're occasionally missing Wikipedia's content when we've > disambiguated the page name, such as Solex > http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/e064f6f6-76a8-4efe-a94b-09bec8942347 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solex_%28musician%29 > On the other hand, they have pages for artists that we don't cover > yet, such as Ogurusu Norihide. > > - > Relatedly, all their album reviews (including items from c.2002) seem > to be released under CC BY-NC-SA > > > - > Separately, > I tried to send the BBC this bug report, but the webform refused to > send because "is not plain text"... Gah! Maybe someone here can pass > it along to their webmaster? > > "Broken link in FAQ: > The link here: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/faqs#what_happens_if_wikipedias_vandalised > currently points to: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_vandalism > which is incorrect. It should point to: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism > " > > > > Thanks for the pointer, Bod. > > Quiddity > Did we set this up? Even links to edit with a statement to do so if you find anything problematic with it. Very nice! James _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
