On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:22 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2010's 32-volume set will be its last. (Now I want to get one, to >> replace my old set!) Future versions will be digital only. >> >> http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/after-244-years-encyclopaedia-britannica-stops-the-presses/?smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/13/encyclopedia-britannica-halts-print-publication >> > > I don't use it in print, haven't for years, and have been expecting > something like this for a while, but am still surprisingly saddened by > it too; there's something about the shelf of volumes that encapsulates > the world's knowledge that sort of symbolizes the whole idea of a > library to me. > > I've been asked to write a short editorial about this development from > a Wikipedian's perspective and am curious about (and would love to > include) other Wikimedian experiences -- did you use print > encyclopedias as a kid? Was a love of print encyclopedias part of your > motivation or interest in becoming a Wikipedian? Is there any value in > them still? Will you miss it?
All, This has been one of our best threads in a long, long time :) Thank you all for sharing your stories. This is what I was working on, it just went up on the site 5 minutes ago: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/03/14/britannica-define-outdated/if-you-liked-britannica-youll-love-wikipedia Thank you so much to Nathan for letting me use his quote, and to SJ for a little midnight copyediting help -- it was short notice :) I would have including more quotes but I was already 100 words over limit, lol! But reading this thread made me think that there is actually a much longer piece that could be written with all of these anecdotes about encyclopedias -- I'd love to work on an essay about our experiences. Maybe on meta, if anyone else is interested. thanks, phoebe _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
