[WikiEN-l] Encarta article list

Sun Aug 28 17:14:19 UTC 2005

Quick, someone download the database dump before they update it....

OK, maybe you can nix the "quick" part.

Anthony

On 8/28/05, Zachary Harden <zscout370 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com>
> >Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> >To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> >Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Encarta article list
> >Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:44:44 -0700
> >>
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Encarta_Encyclopedia_topics
> >
> >Please delete this list immediately.  Opinions of our legal team are
> >divided about the issue, and I feel that in a case like this,
> >conservatism and caution are called for.
> 
> Due to the above message from Jimbo, and taking no chances, I went ahead and
> deleted the Encyclopædia Britannica 2004 list, which was designed in a
> similiar fashion to the Encarta list. I am not sure what other lists can go,
> but I think we should not take chances with them if the WMF legal are having
> issues.
> 
> Rgds,
> 
> Zach Harden (User:Zscout370)
> 
> 
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