[Foundation-l] Cherokee Wikipedia Name Suggestion

Thu Jul 13 19:22:38 UTC 2006

Fred Bauder wrote:

>On Jul 13, 2006, at 12:20 PM, Birgitte SB wrote:
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>>You may want to be sure and explain exactly what the
>>GFDL entails in this case.  There is no guarantee that
>>any work that is done under this license will be
>>treated in a sacred manner by downstream users.
>>Non-speakers would be within full rights to take the
>>fork made in the Ute's language and put it up on a new
>>website or even on Wikipedia where any "16 year old
>>with a computer" will be able to edit it.
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>>Wikipedia is alien to most cultures I imagine.  It is
>>alien to capitalist culture and academic culture to
>>name two.  However many people accostomed to those
>>cultures learn to adapt to and even appreciate WP
>>culture.  I think you are focusing too much on the
>>negative at WP and overlooking the positives of
>>inter-culture collaboration.  I hope your endeavor
>>succeeds in any event.
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>>Birgitte SB
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>The Cherokee, particularly, have historically been willing to share  
>their wisdom.
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>Fred
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Correct, Not true of most other tribes however ....

Jeff

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