[okfn-discuss] Fwd: New article for "libre" on Wikipedia is now live!

Sat May 26 21:19:31 UTC 2012

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From: "Chris Sakkas" <sanglorian at gmail.com>
Date: May 26, 2012 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [FC-discuss] Last chance to look over Libre Wikipedia entry
before I publish
To: "Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in
particular" <discuss at freeculture.org>

Phew, the Libre <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libre> page is now live!
Thanks for all your help, folks.

Matt: Thanks for your grammatical fixes and your suggestion to sort out the
footnotes. I moved some non-citation material out of the footnotes and into
the body.

Pharos: Thanks for the tip! I knew of the Gratis versus Libre page, but I
used the Alternative Terms for Free Software page to add some extra content
at the last minute.

Hopefully it'll stick around, grow and be a useful contribution to
Wikipedia :)

Chris

*Chris Sakkas
**Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/> and the Living
Libre blog <http://www.livinglibre.com> and Twitter
feed<https://twitter.com/#%21/living_libre>
.*

On 24 May 2012 01:04, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Richard!
>
> Yes, indeed, you may want to check out the discussion pages on those
> articles and see if this topic has come up before about creating a new page
> outright for "Libre".
>
> You could further help your case by seeing if there is any content that
> would not fit appropriately on these two articles (or any other for that
> matter) but would make sense to be posted on a "Libre" article.
>
> If you find this to be the case, I'd even recommend adding an explanation
> and links to the "Discussion" page.
>
> // Matt
>
>
> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> You also might want to keep these articles in mind:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_terms_for_free_software
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Richard
>>
>> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Great work so far, I added some grammatical and clarification changes
>> to the
>> > first paragraph, would love to continue the conversation on-wiki. Two
>> > meta-level thoughts:
>> >
>> > 1. Be bold! Posting content on Wikipedia and getting feedback from other
>> > wikipedians will help the article grow and provide opportunities to
>> improve.
>> > Although it's hard to say what other folks might think or whether this
>> issue
>> > has come up previously, I have a good feeling that the term "Libre" is
>> > notable enough to form an article as it both encapsulates a recognized
>> gap
>> > in the English lexicon and has particular significance to particularly
>> > notable social movements (e.g. free/libre software/culture).
>> >
>> > 2. While the footnotes are great, it would be valuable to reserve
>> <ref>'s
>> > for citations to reliable material. If we can find some more secondary
>> > resources, I think it will help this article stand up on its own legs
>> and
>> > encourage the addition of further content and references down the line.
>> >
>> > Good work, keep up the editing!
>> >
>> > // Matt
>> >
>> > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Chris Sakkas <sanglorian at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi folks,
>> >>
>> >> A couple of months ago I was drafting a Wikipedia page for 'libre',
>> and I
>> >> finally returned to incorporate the remaining feedback I'd received.
>> I'll
>> >> publish it in the next couple of days, but I thought I should give you
>> a
>> >> chance to look over it before I do so:
>> >>
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sanglorian/sandbox
>> >>
>> >> Feel free to make any edits you like to the article itself, or leave a
>> >> comment on the talk page and I'll incorporate it.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >> Chris
>> >>
>> >> Chris Sakkas
>> >> Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki and the Living Libre blog and Twitter
>> feed.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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