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David Gerard

12 Dec 2010 12 Dec '10

4:52 p.m.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/britannica-to-give-wikipediarun… Bundling access with a broadband subscription. Does Britannica still take user contributions? - d.

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WereSpielChequers

12 Dec 12 Dec

11:08 p.m.

According to the article they do, but only if you give them your name and address and then let a "professional" verify your edit. Also you can only edit for free for the first 24 months, then you have to pay them. Plus they have decided to concentrate on the broadband market and ignore the mobile market. Can't say I'd be tempted, but perhaps the Indian market puts less value on the word free? WereSpielChequers On 12 December 2010 16:52, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/britannica-to-give-wikipediarun… Bundling access with a broadband subscription. Does Britannica still take user contributions? - d. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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Tony Sidaway

13 Dec 13 Dec

5:11 a.m.

The Indian market is huge, values education highly and has widespread English and good internet availability. Still I'm a bit surprised they've decided to pioneer this bundling concept there rather than, say, North America. It isn't as if Wikipedia didn't already have a prominent and *multilingual* presence in the Indian marketplace, that Britannica could only dream of.

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Steve Bennett

23 Dec 23 Dec

6:54 a.m.

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:08 AM, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers(a)gmail.com> wrote:

According to the article they do, but only if you give them your name and address and then let a "professional" verify your edit. Also you can only edit for free for the first 24 months, then you have to pay them.

Brilliant! Paying for the privilege of writing their encyclopaedia for them! Steve

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FT2

24 Dec 24 Dec

3:27 a.m.

This is also interesting. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/2010/12/16/stories/20101216500… FT2 On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:08 AM, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers(a)gmail.com> wrote:

According to the article they do, but only if you give them your name and address and then let a "professional" verify your edit. Also you can only edit for free for the first 24 months, then you have to pay them.

Brilliant! Paying for the privilege of writing their encyclopaedia for them! Steve _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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WereSpielChequers

1:23 p.m.

Yes there are two interesting things that I take from that - Britannia is talking to the Search engine companies and they are going to host a local copy in servers in India. If they came higher up the search rankings where they have articles it still wouldn't compensate for the relatively small size of their pedia, especially if most of it will be paywalled. Overcoming the international bottlenecks on the web by having local or regional data centres is in my view the one investment that would make most difference to Wikipedia in the short to medium term. If Britannia is ultimately commercial but it is a faster site then they have a niche. WereSpielChequers On 24 December 2010 03:27, FT2 <ft2.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:

This is also interesting. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/2010/12/16/stories/20101216500… FT2 On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:08 AM, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers(a)gmail.com> wrote:

According to the article they do, but only if you give them your name and address and then let a "professional" verify your edit. Also you can only edit for free for the first 24 months, then you have to pay them.

Brilliant! Paying for the privilege of writing their encyclopaedia for them! Steve _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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