Talk:PlanetMath

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[edit] Original article

The original version of this article was edited from PlanetMath's FAQ at http://aux.planetmath.org/doc/faq.html , covered by the GFDL.


The PlanetMath articles are almost but not quite formatted right to be imported directly into Wikipedia: they easily can be adapted with a bit of hand-editing of their TeX source into wiki-markup.

This could be an ideal case for someone who wants to write a bot to:

  • screen-scrape the TeX source of a PlanetMath article
  • check that it does not appear already in Wikipedia
  • convert the source to Wikipedia markup, with an attribution to the original author, a link to the PlanetMath article on the talk page, and a mention of the licence under the GFDL.
  • post it to Wikipedia, with a suitable edit comment
  • also put an attribution to the original author, and a link to the PlanetMath article on the talk page

I'd do it myself, but I'm busy.

-- The Anome 22:11, 30 Sep 2003 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/PlanetMath Exchange. dbenbenn | talk 00:59, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Mathematics

WikiProject Mathematics has a project devoted to combining PlanetMath and Wikipedia at Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics/PlanetMath Exchange. --Blackcap | talk 16:15, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Website down?

Is the PlanetMath website down? I tried to access it two days ago, the Windows flag waved in the air for several minutes before giving up. Today the same thing happened. Or did I just choose the two bad days to access it in the entire month? PrimeFan 20:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

  • yes, can anybody can tell us what is happening within PlanetMath? we have 4 or 5 days without it and this is unsetting...

--kiddo 15:29, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

they don't want to talk about it. see the message [1]. as of today, their's still no response to that query! Numerao 21:22, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Fortunately, it is working fine by now... and still is excelent!... --kiddo 16:39, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

akrowne was more forthcoming about the down time of 9/10. CompositeFan 19:15, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

The website is still down...what's the problem? Sr13 03:01, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

No, I just checked and it is working fine, Greets --kiddo 04:52, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PM entries about PM, Wikipedia

Did you all see the the PlanetMath entries about PlanetMath and Wikipedia added by our very own PrimeFan? They're at [2] and [3] respectively. In a very sweet touch, PrimeFan wrote new text for the Wikipedia entry, but for the PlanetMath entry he simply copied the Wikipedia entry about PlanetMath! Anton Mravcek 17:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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