Please see the video archive and blog posts from our panel discussion about the Wikipedia Library and its engagement with Elsevier and various proprietary sources of information: http://wikistrategies.net/oa-wikipedia-panel/
On the panel were Jake Orlowitz of the Wikipedia library, and several Open Access publishing advocates. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] (I convened and moderated the panel) On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Robert Fernandez <[email protected]> wrote: > The Wikimedia Library distributes donated accounts from Elsevier to > Wikipedia editors. This was the subject of some debate last September. > (Here's my take on that debate: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-16/Editorial > ). > I cannot speak for them, but I do not believe they have any plans to > abandon this arrangement. > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Milos Rancic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Andrea Zanni <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > As much as I'd **love** to see that, > > > I think it would be a very bold step from the WMF, > > > supporting a heroic BUT illegal operation as Sci-Hub, against a > > despicable > > > BUT legal operation like Elsevier. > > > If the WMF does want to be bold, this is a great battle to fight. > > > > There is nothing risky in: (1) dropping all connections with Elsevier > > and (2) expressing moral support to Sci-Hub, LibGen and similar > > projects. > > > > > > -- > > Milos > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
