On 27/02/07, Stan Shebs <stanshebs(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
Andrew Gray wrote:
...well, works cited where the citation involves
an ISBN, anyway.
http://www.librarything.com/blog/2007/02/wikipedia-citatons-with-feed.php
Quite an interesting idea to play with, there.
What a coincidence - I was just today pondering how it was that many of
the books in my librarything collection seem not to be referenced by WP
articles, even some of those to which I personally added the reference.
Not necessarily vandalism though, one thing we learn quickly from
librarything is just how many dozens of ISBNs can be associated with a
particular work...
An interesting future possibility is to provide a route for article
checkers to get in touch with people who actually own the book being
referenced.
An excellent idea! Which reminds me... there's a "union catalogue"
group for the German wikipedia with much the same goals. I've set one
up for enwp; where would be best to spread the word? A sizable number
of users could produce an interesting reference resource...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/englishwikipedia
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk