Re: Dinosaur Open Book Project

[John Conway <john.a.conway@gmail.com>]

David Marjanovic wrote:
> > One big problem with Wikipedia, though, is that they are stuck on
> > using Linnaean classification.
>
> Even though they could very easily copy the completely rankless 
> classification they use for languages! As an example have a short look 
> at the top right corner of 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Sotho_language.

"They"? At the risk of flogging a dead horse; "they" is /us/ on the 
wikipedia. All you have to do is start editing pages, and give some good 
reasons why they shouldn't be changed back. The wikipedia pages on 
dinosaurs aren't edited by a mysterious bunch of wikipedians - they're 
edited by people on this list, amongst others.

Of course, I'm sure you know this, but maybe people need reminding of 
it. The Wikipedia is possibly the most important science 
communication/education tool out there right now, and it's so easy to 
contribute to. Write the damn thing rather than complaining about it.

... not that I really write much, I guess. But then I don't complain 
about it either.

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