22 Oct
2010
22 Oct
'10
1:50 p.m.
In article <0a6a68fb0fdee6ef7676831991eea62a at cs.ubc.ca>,
Brent Hilpert <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> writes:
On 2010 Oct 22, at 1:05 PM, Richard wrote:
I inferred that they didn't include linked articles by robot, but
rather by editorial decision.
Also, they don't print out at 8.5x11 they print out on a smaller sized
page and presumably choose the formatting (font, margins, etc.) in
such a manner that it looks more like a book rather than a printed web
page from your browser. Formatting choices affect page size
dramatically.
In wikipedia, linked articles aren't always directly relevant (your
pacific ocean example, for instance) neither are all relevant articles
explicitly linked.
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In article <ab170d981a4cc5536f1e0a24ccba47a5 at cs.ubc.ca>,
Brent Hilpert <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> writes:
I would guess as much, but when you look at all the links in a typical
wikipedia article, including them in a book about the topic quickly
becomes rather specious, granted I/we don't know how many or which of
them are being included. How they manage to make, for example, "USS
Dempsey" into 96 pages when
the wikipedia entry is maybe 2 pages is another question.
They include linked articles.