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JWillard · 27 Jun 2006, 14:29 · from 2006-June.txt.gz

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From: aldenweer at charter.net (JWillard)
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:29:28 -0500
Subject: (urth) Wiki
In-Reply-To: <200606270716.47099.ddjones at riddlemaster.org>
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	<200606270716.47099.ddjones at riddlemaster.org>
Message-ID: <44A140C8.4030801 at charter.net>

Daniel D Jones wrote:

>On Monday 26 June 2006 13:04, maru dubshinki wrote:
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>
>>On 6/23/06, JWillard <aldenweer at charter.net> wrote:
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>>>Daniel D Jones wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>So, did the idea of a Lupine Wiki fall apart or what?
>>>>
>>>>I'm asking because I recently bought several Wolfe short story
>>>>collections. (I'm currently reading the last story in "The Island of
>>>>Doctor Death...") I'd love to be able to go to a Wiki and see some
>>>>commentary on the stories after I finish them. I get the feeling that
>>>>I'm missing important things in several of them.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>I'm still game: Maru, tell us what you need us to do to get it moving
>>>
>>>:) Would it help to have a launch/design committee of some kind so that
>>>
>>>projects could be assigned/decisions made? Are we still stuck on what
>>>kind of wiki to use? If we are, what's the simplest way to become
>>>unstuck? Public domain?
>>>      
>>>
>>No, I'm still interested. It's just that I've been having Internet
>>access problems (so I've got ~90! Urth.net email to catch up on), my
>>other projects on Wikipedia proper have been slowly piling up, *and*
>>my job has gotten more demanding, physical-presence-wise. I'm working
>>to resolve the first two, but I don't know how quickly I can free up
>>my time to work on a Wolfe wiki. I have a bit of a business trip
>>coming up this weekend, which is even *more* problematic, but assuming
>>you guys can decide on a license and a name (and all goes well on my
>>end), I can probably start importing Wikipedia articles within a week
>>or two.
>>
>>I don't really think a comittee is needed- I just think that we need
>>to make some decisions. If it were up to me, I'd simply say "Public
>>domain" and "Wolfe Wiki", since the first can be legally changed later
>>(public domain is compatible with all licenses, but it is one way...)
>>and the latter is an obvious place holder, so no one really minds us
>>changing it- I mean, look at Wookieepedia, originally they were the
>>"Star Wars Wiki". Nobody complains about such a change.
>>
>>~maru
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>
>I'd say just take the bull by the horns and start doing it.  I've been tempted 
>to do so myself but I really didn't want to step on anyone's toes by 
>highjacking their idea.
>
>The only problem I see is importing stuff from the mailing list.  I don't 
>recall seeing anything about the copyright of stuff sent to the list when 
>joining the list, which means that an individual's post almost certainly 
>belongs to them.  It seems to me that you'll need their explicit permission 
>to import anything anyone else has written if you want to stay strictly 
>legal.
>
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Wolfe Wiki, Public Domain, and, I agree, permission from anyone 
quoted/referenced.  (Mantis, are you lurking out there?)

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