[Foundation-l] Liberation

Thu Dec 2 13:47:01 UTC 2004

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 00:31:01 -0800 (PST)
 Anthere <anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=255781
>  
> Hi everyone.
>  
> I am proud to announce that Wikipedia is featured in an
> article of liberation.fr, one of the major french news
> media (paper and web). The article is listed on
> liberation main page, so we can expect some good feedback
> (visitors) for the site. I mention it because this is our
> FIRST front page article in a major media, and hopefully,
> the first of a long list now. This is a stone for french
> speaking people.
>  
> There are a couple of rather inexact points in the
> article, but nothing problematic.
> The most curious is probably that there is no link to the
> encyclopedia itself... I hope people will spontaneously
> look in google ;-)
>  
> Many thanks to Yann who made it possible in keeping in
> touch with the author of the article.
>  
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>  
> Aside from this point, I am yet to be connected to the
> real/virtual world with a phone and internet connexion. 
> Meanwhile, I try to organise my new home, clean the old
> one, and planted some rose bushes yesterday. I also
> highjacked an university old computer for 2 hours, it
> broke after 45 mn, I had to switch to an even older
> computer, on which the only navigator was netscape 4.5.
> For those who wonder, no, it is not possible to edit
> wikipedia with Netscape 4.5. And no, installing new
> software on collective computers is not allowed either.
>  
> I am currently fully realising how addictive Wikipedia
> can be. I try to make it easier in reading private mails
> (thank you for those keeping me up to date with current
> Wikipedia gossip, more is welcome ;-)) and updating my
> blog (for those who read french, please see
> http://anthere.shaihome.net for opinions on the political
> goal of Wikipedia).
> 
> I think my next thoughts will be oriented toward what
> French call "fracture numérique", ie, the great gap
> currently widening between those who have access to the
> net versus those who do not (or have a very limited net
> access). We might think about what we are *currently*
> doing : we are certainly improving the amount and quality
> of information of those who already have access to
> information. But we are not bringing information to those
> who do not really have access to information.
>  
> I miss you all :-(
> i am happy for you.you know what your second point is so
true.i live in stanger south africa and the only access i
have to the internet is by coming to this resource centre
that a couple thousand people use to e-mail or surf the
web.it is just too expensive to buy a computer or be
connected to the internet.in south africa only businesses
and the wealthy can afford the web.
> 
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