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Re: [ARSCLIST] When you die...
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From: "Mike Richter" <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
> rodbrown wrote:
>
> > I agree with his thoughts, but would add that for our purposes, the
> > Wikipedia model would need to be tightened up. But rather than
> > preventing contributions by all but a select few, I would hope to see
> > the repository's growth overseen by a strong managing editor. I believe
> > this was how the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary was
> > accomplished.
>
> Right idea, not a bad example but oversimplified. See:
> Chasing the Sun - Dictionary Makers and the Dictionaries They Mad
> Jonathan Green; Henry Holt; ISBN 0-8050-3466-8
>
Consider also that there exist only a fixed number of collectors of
78's in given genres...?!
Steven C. Barr