I took at look at the Verbatim Copying section of the Wikipedia copyright/licensing guidelines, and it seems clear that Chris is well within those guidelines.
The fact that the Wikipedia was down for a period during this discussion is also a pretty good reason for people to mirror relevant content...
The lockergnome site is run by Chris Pirillo, a well-known web geek who used to be on TechTV, and whom I've met several times. He's a good and ethical guy, and I suspect that if anybody brought this thread to his attention (which I will probably do), he would be happy to explain why he's using Wikipedia content, and to make any changes necessary to bring the site in line with the licensing used.
Most of Lockernome (main page here) is original content, and Chris is one of the most prolific tech writers I know. His high page rank is not a sociological snafu, but a result of his consistently good tech articles. He's far from a content leech, and I doubt whether many people go to his site for the encyclopedia.
However, the outrage about re-use of Wikipedia material seems misplaced. The whole *point* of Wikipedia was to make the information free and openly available. The "copyright that compilation" approach is clearly antithetical to their mission.
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