Medieval Italy An Encyclopedia by Christopher Kleinhenz, 2004
This Encyclopedia gathers together the most recent scholarship on Medieval Italy, while offering a sweeping view of all aspects of life in Italy during the Middle Ages. This two volume, illustrated, A-Z reference is a cross-disciplinary resource for information on literature, history, the arts, science, philosophy, and religion in Italy between A.D. 450 and 1375.
One might think it would wait until the next edition, but probably the yearbook is more likely.
Perhaps the combination is useful...
I suspect there is a corrections section on the #Britannica website now. Obvious place to put it.
One of Britannica's chiefs saw the Web (which I think at that point, a century or so after Britannica started, did not yet include the WP) and said "this is the future". Those involved in it are not silly.
#encyclopedia
“A Wikipedia article is a process, not a product”*…
A quarter of a century ago Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia‘s founder, articulated its vision– one into which it has impressively grown: “Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing.”
On the ocassion of its birthday this month, Caitlin Dewey takes stock…
Happy birthday to Wikipedia, which is now old enough to rent a car without extra charges … but faces new (and newly urgent) threats from AI and political polarization. As a palate cleanser, should those bum you out (the second, in particular, is very grim/good), may I then suggest this “entirely non-comprehensive list of life principles” learned from 20 years of editing Wikipedia. [Scientific American / Financial Times / The Wikipedian]…
From her wonderful newsletter, Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends. All three are eminently worth reading.
* Clay Shirky, who went on to observe that “Wikipedia is forcing people to accept the stone-cold bummer that knowledge is produced and constructed by argument rather than by divine inspiration,” but at the same time that: “We have lived in this world where little things are done for love and big things for money. Now we have Wikipedia. Suddenly big things can be done for love.”
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As we treasure– and support— treasures, we might recall that it was on this date in 1885 that LaMarcus Adna Thompson received the first patent for a true “switchback railroad”– or , as we know it, a roller coaster. Thompson had designed the ride in 1881, and opened it on Coney Island in 1884. (The “hot dog” had been invented, also at Coney Island, in 1867, so was available to trouble the stomachs of the very first coaster riders.)
Thompson’s original Switchback Railway at Coney Island (source) #AI #artificialIntelligence #CaitlinDewey #ClayShirky #culture #encyclopedia #history #JimmyWales #LaMarcusAdnaThompson #polarization #politicalPolarization #politics #rollerCoaster #switchbackRailroad #Technology #Wikipedia
Brose, Maximilian www.deutschlandfunk.de, @mediasres
25 years of Wikipedia!
Thanks for the shared knowledge 👏😁
“Wikipedia represents something unprecedented: the only major platform on which truth emerges through transparent debate, rather than algorithmic opacity or corporate interests. Every edit is logged, every discussion archived”
I use the Wikipedia app. The hell with the AI companies.
#knowledge #Encyclopedia #Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00075-0
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be personal;
collaborate;
have a mission;
give trust to get trust;
stay civil;
don’t take sides;
and be transparent.‘
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