Hi,
My name is Copthorne ("Cop") Macdonald and back in 1995 I created The Wisdom Page to provide Internet access to wisdom-related resources. The "Us" in "About Us" refers to the many contributors who have so generously made their materials available to others through The Wisdom Page, and to the
Wisdom
Page Advisory Board
Anne Adams
Copthorne Macdonald
Nicholas
Maxwell
Alan Nordstrom
Richard Trowbridge
Over the years, the contributors, Board members, and I have worked together to increase the site's impact, and we've been making progress. As indicated in the Wikipedia article titled The Wisdom Page, the site has become a serious source of information about wisdom for not only the general public, but also for writers and academic researchers.
As
I write this, Google, Yahoo and Bing searches for the single word
"wisdom" each return about 100 million pages. The Wisdom
Page, in all of these searches, is consistently near the top of
those 100 million, usually on the first page of the search returns.
This makes it an easy-to-reach destination for individuals searching
for information on wisdom. Each month the website is visited some
11,000 times by more than 6000 unique visitors from more than 120
countries. More than 200 repeat visitors have signed up to receive
monthly newsletters telling them about the latest additions to the
site. Many others, via automatic RSS feed, receive those updates
the day they occur. Also each month, more than 20,000 requests for
electronic documents (including wisdom-related doctoral dissertations
and free eBook editions of my wisdom-related
books) are successfully filled. For more information on the
development of The Wisdom Page, both in content and popularity,
click Evolution of
The Wisdom Page.
Suggestions for additions to the site (documents, links, audio, or video materials) are appreciated, but only those considered appropriate to the theme of the site and useful to visitors will be used. Links to The Wisdom Page from other sites are also appreciated, but The Wisdom Page doesn't "trade links." Create a link to The Wisdom Page if you feel it would be helpful to your site's visitors.
Naturally, there are costs involved in keeping The Wisdom Page going and expanding. Donations are not expected, but they are, of course, gratefully accepted. The donation process is explained here.
The images and text provided to Internet users through wisdompage.com belong to various parties and are covered by copyright. The copyright holders want you to have online access to these materials, but do not want their other rights compromised. Consequently, permission is granted only for personal viewing by individuals who receive these materials through direct Internet transmission from the wisdompage.com Web site. Copying of pictures or text to disk, paper, or any other medium for use by others is not permitted without prior written permission of the copyright holder. Similarly, retransmission of these on-line materials via any mode of telecommunication without prior written permission is also forbidden. Address permission requests to: info@wisdompage.com.
I hope you enjoy your visit to The Wisdom Page, and I encourage you to let us alert you about new additions and updates to the site — either via RSS/XML or by email.
All the best,
Cop Macdonald
(Personal
web site: http://www.copmacdonald.com/)
