Talk:Marxists Internet Archive

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Although the MIA is ranked as 21,162 according to Alexa I still think that as a specialized website it is important enough to start an article on it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.94.41.95 (talk) 20:01, 5 February 2005 (UTC)

Main outline

Today I added the main outline with enough information in each section to keep it interesting. I still have to figure out the references, I want them numbered external links; anyone know how to do that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.161.31.18 (talk) 18:23, 7 February 2005 (UTC)

Marxist Writers

how are "Lenin, Trotsky, Rosa Luxemburg and Che Guevara" the main writers after Marx and Engles? what about Antonio Gramsci, Georg Lukács and Lev Vygotsky? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Monty Cantsin (talk) 00:30, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Not on the archive! The main writers on the MIA are the big four: Marx, Engles, Lenin and Trotsky and that's why their pics are on the main page! If you go to the Marxist Writers page you'll find a star beside the names of Luxemburg and Guevara, that's why I also mention them. --DelftUser 16:52, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I'm a member of the MIA. The stars indicate those writers that are most "popular" in the English-language Section, based on hits and search requests. -- Juan (11/XII/2005) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.45.119 (talk) 08:36, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Would it be fair to say that the general tone of the commentary given by the website is pro-Trotsky and anti-Stalin? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.135.24.5 (talk • contribs)

Not really, there is a Stalin archive and archives of many who didn't agree with Trotsky. Some who are listed as Marxist are also not pro-Trotsky. The website's archivel nature does not lend itself to being pro or anti of anything.

Having said that I don't deny that it seems there is more pro-Trotsky stuff (e.g. ETOL) but that is due to some of the active members being pro-Trotsky more than anything else, just like this website has a certain pro-western tendency. The chinese section have been greatly enlarged lately, but that deosn't make the website pro-China, it is just that the active members are concentrating on this section for now. --DelftUser 09:10, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Credit to the Founder

The article says, "....in 1990 when a worker - known only by his Internet nickname, Zodiac - started archiving...." Does that mean "known only" in the sense that the authors of this article don't know him, or did he indicate that he wishes to remain anonymous? (We can simply ask him, of course.) I had assumed that others knew that he's the individual whose initials are K.K.C., and I think he deserves the credit in the form of his name being remembered honorably in the history of world literture. Mike Lepore, Stanfordville, New York 06:02, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi Mike, long time, yes? In fact "Zodiac" asked to remain anonymous in this way, even though you and I know who is since we both worked with him on the old MEIA back in 1994 and 1995. He does deserve credit for the person "who started it all" in a sense, but thats the way he wants to keep it. A person from the MIA visited him to clear all this up. DavidMIA 06:29, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Division of Archive

The section of the article on the division of the archive is now out of date, as there has been a major reorganisation eliminating the binary classification into Marxists and non-Marxsts. Most importantly, this involved the merging of the "Marxist Writers" and the "Reference Section" to create a listing simply called "Library" and the creation of a short heterogeneous list called "Selected Marxist Writers" to provide a guide to newer users of where they could start if they want to study Marxism. However, since I work on MIA I don't think it's appropriate that I should revise this section of the article. --Mia-etol (talk) 06:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Nobody has taken up this update since I raised it over 6 months ago. I still feel that I'm not the appropriate person to do this bit, but if nobody else wants to do so in the near future, I'll draft something and place it here for discussion. --Mia-etol (talk) 19:40, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I have now taken care of this. - Juan (MIA member), 25 August 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.38.178 (talk) 04:44, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Server Locations

The image shows a mirror located in Nevada, but the caption and website say it's in Utah. 75.67.247.122 (talk) 06:00, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Who Flagged this Article for Purported Lack of "Notability"???

MIA is the largest digital publisher of Marxist works in the world. It is absolutely absurd and patently an attempt at political hit to flag this page for potential removal on "notability" grounds. For shame!!! Carrite (talk) 22:23, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

In any case, I have been working on improving it. - Juan (MIA member), 25 August 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.38.178 (talk) 04:48, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

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Visitor statistics

The FAQ cites annual visitor stats. Is it worth including these self-reported numbers? Could work well as a table.