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Grammatical error[编辑]
Sorry to point this out, but "media from Commons is used by" on page 2 should be "media from Commons are used by" as 'media' is plural in this situation... Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 20:19, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
- Also, on page 10 the brochure says "The Wikimedia Commons default is the Creative Commons Attribution- ShareAlike licence (CC BY-SA), which says that ..." - technically, the description it gives after that is a human-readable summary rather than what the license says, so this needs a bit of rewording to something like 'which explains that' or 'which sets out that'. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 20:28, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks Mike. As used there, I think of media as an uncountable noun (i.e., the great heap of media content that is Commons) rather than a countable noun that's shorthand for 'media files' or the similar. So my inclination would be to stick with 'is used'. But I'm fine with it either way. You're right that there is a bit of liberty in describing the summary as what the license (figuratively) "says" in place of "means". I don't see that as a significant problem either (that's common usage in the context of texts), but I'm fine with that change as well. (Note that WMF has already sent off the versions for the first major print run, but these changes can be the basis for translated versions and future printings.)--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 13:44, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
- 'media' is the plural of 'medium', though, in the same way that 'data' is the plural of 'datum' (I keep getting it pointed out to me that 'data is' in a scientific paper is wrong, but 'data are' is correct). Also, it does read like it's shorthand for 'media files' (and you'd say 'files are' rather than 'files is'). 'Multimedia from Commons' might be OK, though. Anyway, it's not something that most people that aren't Wikimedians and/or scientists would argue too much about. ;-) Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 17:06, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, Mike. I uploaded a new version of the PDF with your suggested changes. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 18:40, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks LiAnna. :-) Mike Peel (talk) 19:25, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks, Mike. I uploaded a new version of the PDF with your suggested changes. -- LiAnna Davis (WMF) (talk) 18:40, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- 'media' is the plural of 'medium', though, in the same way that 'data' is the plural of 'datum' (I keep getting it pointed out to me that 'data is' in a scientific paper is wrong, but 'data are' is correct). Also, it does read like it's shorthand for 'media files' (and you'd say 'files are' rather than 'files is'). 'Multimedia from Commons' might be OK, though. Anyway, it's not something that most people that aren't Wikimedians and/or scientists would argue too much about. ;-) Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 17:06, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks Mike. As used there, I think of media as an uncountable noun (i.e., the great heap of media content that is Commons) rather than a countable noun that's shorthand for 'media files' or the similar. So my inclination would be to stick with 'is used'. But I'm fine with it either way. You're right that there is a bit of liberty in describing the summary as what the license (figuratively) "says" in place of "means". I don't see that as a significant problem either (that's common usage in the context of texts), but I'm fine with that change as well. (Note that WMF has already sent off the versions for the first major print run, but these changes can be the basis for translated versions and future printings.)--Sage Ross (WMF) (talk) 13:44, 30 August 2013 (UTC)