The OED's draft definition of a weblog...
The Oxford English Dictionary's draft definition of 'weblog' from March 2003: "A frequently updated web site consisting of personal observations, excerpts from other sources, etc., typically run by a single person, and usually with hyperlinks to other sites; an online journal or diary."
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Interesting. Quite concise. As we like it.
→ Posted by: azeem at August 26, 2003 4:42 PM
It maybe misses some of the sense of community that is present in writing a weblog, or misses some of the other forms that are out there, photoblogs spring to mind.
However it does describe the noun, weblog, very accurately. It is also so much nicer than the word blog, or the term blogging.
→ Posted by: Gavin Bell at August 26, 2003 11:29 PM
I'm almost tempted to go through all the menu's on my site and replace "blog" with "weblog" for aesthetic sense. It's just a far nicer word. It's all in the pronounciation of the "b", I find.
→ Posted by: Tom Morris at August 27, 2003 12:34 AM
I know when the definition says "run by a single person" it means one person is responsible for the contents of the site, but part of me considers this a humerous, derogatry remark to the blogging community of an unfortunate nature. I'm sure there any many bloggers in relationships out there.
→ Posted by: adam swish at August 27, 2003 2:07 PM