Re: [WikiEN-l] Atlantic on Wikipedia and PR

2015-08-18 Thread Anthony
Fred Bauder and The Cunctator! Are we having a reunion? Hi guys! On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 4:33 AM, FRED BAUDER fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:21:25 -0400 The Cunctator cuncta...@gmail.com wrote:

[WikiEN-l] Atlantic on Wikipedia and PR

2015-08-18 Thread The Cunctator
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/08/wikipedia-editors-for-pay/393926/ The Covert World of People Trying to Edit Wikipedia—for Pay On January 11, 2013, James Heilman, an emergency-room physician and one of Wikipedia’s most prolific medical editors, was standing watch over the

Re: [WikiEN-l] Atlantic on Wikipedia and PR

2015-08-18 Thread FRED BAUDER
On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:21:25 -0400 The Cunctator cuncta...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/08/wikipedia-editors-for-pay/393926/ The Covert World of People Trying to Edit Wikipedia—for Pay Good to hear from you again Cunctator! The article goes on to point

Re: [WikiEN-l] Atlantic on Wikipedia and PR

2015-08-18 Thread Risker
I'm not sure if I'm a kid. But I do know a copyvio when I see it. This is a little much, Cunctator; a link to the article would have been sufficient, with perhaps one quote. Risker On 18 August 2015 at 06:49, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: the function of wikien-l is for eldsters to

Re: [WikiEN-l] Licensing IP edits and vanished users under CC0

2015-08-18 Thread WereSpielChequers
Thanks Nathan, Whether other projects follow what we do on EN wiki is up to them. Licensing choices vary by project, EN wiki allows Fair use which neither DE wiki nor Commons allows. Re Risker's point, there is no difference in the current copyright between vanished users and others, but

Re: [WikiEN-l] Licensing IP edits and vanished users under CC0

2015-08-18 Thread Risker
There is no such creature as a vanished user. There never has been. It is a fallacy that was created based on some internet meme from ancient times and was designed for websites where attribution was not a condition of licensing. All edits are attributed. If one digs deeply enough, and has the