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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Copyleft and the Wikipedia #58324 02/23/2002 4:16 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... I just read about this on the New Scientist web site. The copyleft is the strange cousin of a copyright and it sort of a movement supporting the complete sharing of thoughts and writings. It certainly puts plagiarism in a different light. http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/copyleft/ The article mentions the Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com), which is basically an online encylopedia to which anyone can contribute. If you see an article that's missing, or needs correcting, you can go ahead and change it. It's fairly new, but growing fast and the creators are hoping that it will turn into a huge, respectable resource. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Copyleft and the Wikipedia #58325 02/23/2002 4:25 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 But who checks to make sure what is being altered is right. Just take the evolution of man for example. Different scientists have different views as to where exactly we stem from. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Copyleft and the Wikipedia #58326 02/23/2002 10:19 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England After a display I saw the other day which was so disgusting I won't even try to describe it, I'd say that it had been fairly conclusively proven that we come direct from primordial slime without having either passed "Go" or collected 200 [name your currency unit] ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Copyleft and the Wikipedia #58327 02/23/2002 11:59 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 [sigh] a familiar theme. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Copyleft and the Wikipedia #58328 02/23/2002 12:24 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... Jazzoctopus old hand Jazzoctopus old hand Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,094 Cincinnati & Loveland, Ohio, U... But who checks to make sure what is being altered is right. Well, I guess everyone and no one. It's grasping the anarchy that is the internet and taking it to a new level by trying to make something for the public good. Being an encyclopedia they would want to incorportate all views on something, I think, but the veracity of certain facts is based on letting people who know provide the right answer. It all rides on courtesy really, so if it doesn't work, I guess it tells us something about ourselves. It's a study in sociology, somehow similar to this place. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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