Talk:List of encyclopedias

This needs to be merged with the list in encyclopedia. --Eloquence 15:47 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)

I'm in the process of moving the list out of encyclopedia, which is currently just a list of external links, and onto this page. As soon as I create homes for those links (ie, stub articles), I'll remove the list from encyclopedia. -- Stephen Gilbert 17:54 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)

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Eloquence, how do you determine the order if you rank by popularity? I see several problems, not the least of which is cultural bias. The most popular encyclopedia in China will likely have more readers than Britannica.

Alphabetical ordering may not convey much information about the encyclopedias themselves, but it allows people to find scan the list easily and place new links, which is more useful than a vague popularity/volume order. As the list expands, I'd like to see a topical organization develop, which would be more useful than straight alphabetical. -- Stephen Gilbert 19:08 Jan 20, 2003 (UTC)

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Encyclopedias that need articles:

• Catholic Encyclopedia (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/)
• Jewish Encyclopedia (http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp) (Published 1901-1906. Original full 12 volumes)
• Encyclopedia Judaica (http://www.jewishsoftware.com/products/66.asp) (Published 1972-1991.Original full 26 volumes. Available on CD-ROM)
• Talmudic Encyclopedia (http://www.yadherzog.org.il/index-eng.htm) (Ongoing hard-copy publication and translation into English)

I moved them to the article. In the Talk page these useful links are just cleverly hidden.--Keichwa 08:41 May 4, 2003 (UTC)

That's the idea. List pages like this provide links to Wikipedia articles, not external pages. The best thing to do would be to write up small articles for each of these encyclopedias and include the external links there. If you don't feel like it, don't worry. It's on my to do list. :) -- Stephen Gilbert 15:44 May 5, 2003 (UTC)

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Can we use the text of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10092a.htm in Wikipedia? The copyright notice says: The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume X. Copyright © 1911 by Robert Appleton Company. Online Edition Copyright © 2002 by Kevin Knight. olivier 03:25 Jan 14, 2003 (UTC)

Yeah, I think the copyright protection term already expired. But the problem is "Online Edition Copyright 2002". Can we really use it? -- Taku 03:44 Jan 14, 2003 (UTC)

This has come up before. If I remember right we chose to accept the 2002 copyright at face value since the quality of their text isn't worth a fight. But there is no harm at all in asking. See Wikipedia:Boilerplate request for permission. --mav 08:23 Jan 15, 2003 (UTC)

The Catholic Encyclopedia is highly biased. Please do not dump their material in Wikipedia. --Eloquence 08:36 Jan 15, 2003 (UTC)

I disagree. Wikipedia should envy the Catholic Encyclopedia. I am an atheist, and I know that George Smith, author of Atheism: The Case Against God has a similar opinion of the Catholic Encyclopdia. Obviously if we copy their statement that all Christians are obliged to obey the pope, that violates NPOV. But many of their articles on philosophy, geography, history, comparative religion, and, in a few cases, science, are good. Michael Hardy 01:40 Jan 26, 2003 (UTC)