On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:12 PM, phoebe ayers wrote:
> I realize in my first note that I forgot to link Ben's meta page...
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tlogmer
>
> a quick look at his contributions will remind some of us about the old
> fundcom, Wikimania 2006 designs, Associations of Wi
For another take on encyclopedias & EB -- Karen Christensen, who is a
lovely person, fan of Wikipedia and the head of Berkshire publishing,
which publishes specialty encyclopedias, has a few blog posts up:
http://www.berkshirepublishing.com/blog/
I thought this was especially interesting:
"An art
Hi,
On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:42:05 -0700
phoebe ayers wrote:
> Those of you who have been around for a few years may remember
> user:Tlogmer, aka Ben Yates -- co-author with Charles Matthews and I
> on "How Wikipedia Works."
>
> I got an email from his mother this morning with the very sad news
>
(sorry for crossposting)
2nd CALL FOR PAPERS - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge.
June 29 - July 1, 2012 | Berlin, Germany
Conference Website: http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page
Submit your papers here: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012
The “Wiki
A many people on this list all know this by heart but since
this is testimonial time -- and not all of you know me that
extensively -- very briefly:
First modern encyclopaedia me and my sister had was a
very cheaply produced set called Combi, written in
Finnish, with 5 colour printed volumes, and
