On Tue, 2010-01-05 at 17:44 +, Chris McKenna wrote:
>
> I'd suggest that some FoI requests to likely ministries/departments asking
> how much they spend annually on such subscriptions, and which budget it
> comes out of. I'd suggest the Home Office; Communities and Local Govt;
> Business,
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, Charles Matthews wrote:
>>
> Not CCed since I have a UK point to make. Which is that government these
> days have budgets to spend on website mass subscriptions for schools (as
> here) or libraries. This doesn't get much scrutiny.
>
> This is something to research. I benefit th
Michael Peel wrote:
> http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/ireland/schools-to-get-free-access-to-
> online-encylopedias-440794.html
>
> "The country’s 4,000 schools are to get free access to online
> versions of the popular Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book as
> part of an e-Learning initiativ
(resending as the Wikimedia IE mailing list apparently defies the "-
l" convention...)
On 5 Jan 2010, at 16:10, Michael Peel wrote:
> http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/ireland/schools-to-get-free-access-to-
> online-encylopedias-440794.html
>
> "The country’s 4,000 schools are to get free access t
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/ireland/schools-to-get-free-access-to-
online-encylopedias-440794.html
"The country’s 4,000 schools are to get free access to online
versions of the popular Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book as
part of an e-Learning initiative announced today."
... do you
2010/1/5 Gordon Joly :
> Style guides? A few weeks back, I contacted The Guardian to correct the
> spelling of "PARC" quoting a well known online encyclopedia as a
> reliable source. I also pointed out that "parc" appeared to be a
> registered trademark.
>
> They were adamant. Their style guide sai
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> If
> he hadn't just announced that he's going incommunicado until April to
> work on his autobiography, I would have suggested contacting him via
> Twitter. He won't do any recordings until he's finished the book,
> though.
Damn, must read t
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Brian McNeil
wrote:
> I contacted Stephen Fry's agent but got no response. It may have been
> bad timing given the holidays, perhaps someone else could try and see if
> that can be arranged after the fact.
Stephen Fry posted on his blog yesterday that he has a boo
Charles Matthews wrote:
> Brian McNeil wrote:
>
>> I don't think WMUK needs a style guide as long as Wikinews' but, it
>> might be an idea to note points as we go along that should be
>> consistent.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Oooh, let's do the endash-hyphen thing right here ... not. The press do
>
