[Foundation-l] Project Proposal: Wikicat

Sat Jul 29 23:07:07 UTC 2006

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006, Lars Aronsson wrote:

>> ISBNs have their limitations too.  My copy of the 1977, 22nd
>> edition of "Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary" has two
>> different ISBNs depending on whether there are index tabs on the
>> fore-edge.  My earlier 1922, 11th edition, "The American
>> Illustrated Medical Dictionary", (edited by Dorland) does not
>> have an ISBN.
>
> These comments, while accurate, are on the absolute layman level.
>
> Even though I think Wikicat is one of most promising project
> proposals in the last few years, I fear it will have a hard time
> to explain, over and over again, the basics of bibliography to all
> newcomers who think they are experts.  How can this project sort
> out the beginners and give them easy but meaningful tasks where
> they can be productive, without their ignorance causing damage?
>
> Could we perhaps have a separate mailing list (wikicat-l) for
> discussions about Wikicat, even before the project is formally
> established? That would be an opportunity to establish some level
> of common knowledge and "get to know" each other.

YES.  Please.