Bah forgive me, I was trying to be sarcastic. Did not work so well :S To ray, you have a point, if it is a 3rd parties copyright, it is their fight. Generally though I don't like the thought of that ability being used to undelete stuff that is not helpful to this project and creates these sorts of distractions, but it is now his fight.
On 1/7/09, Durova <nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lynching and drama don't interest me in the slightest; please don't suggest > those terms. The integrity of the project is paramount. > > -Durova > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Wilhelm Schnotz <wilh...@nixeagle.org>wrote: > >> If I were not on a cell phone and had time, I would join the angry mob >> and start an RFAR :) I don't think he has any excuse for his actions >> which knowingly violated our copyright rules. >> >> Feel free to start one or someone else is likely to do it. After all >> lynching gets good drama ;). >> >> On 1/7/09, Durova <nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > It's come up on ANI. I await his reply before concluding how to >> > proceed. >> > >> > -Durova >> > >> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Wilhelm Schnotz <wilh...@nixeagle.org >> >wrote: >> > >> >> And I imagine no way to get it unless views of deleted revisions is >> >> logged somewhere that I don't know of.... I suspect this is rather >> >> unlikely unless wmf has them privately. >> >> >> >> On 1/7/09, Soxred93 <soxre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Unfortunately, we don't have the name of that particular admin. >> >> > >> >> > X! >> >> > >> >> > On Jan 7, 2009, at 10:04 PM [Jan 7, 2009 ], Wilhelm Schnotz wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> Who ever the admin is violated our copyright policies at the very >> >> >> least as I am sure he did not give the original contributor credit >> >> >> (that is assuming that the original contributor even has the right >> >> >> to >> >> >> post that). >> >> >> >> >> >> For an admin to do that is probably a good reason to lose the bit. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 1/7/09, Gwern Branwen <gwe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> >> >>> Hash: SHA512 >> >> >>> >> >> >>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123129220146959621.html >> >> >>> >> >> >>> "John Soong, 18, says that after he had failed to get jobs at >> several >> >> >>> chains that use the test, he began to poke around for an answer >> >> >>> key, >> >> >>> driven by "altruistic, and maybe vengeful," motives. In a >> >> >>> discussion >> >> >>> section of a Wikipedia entry, he saw a mention of a set of Unicru >> >> >>> statements and answers that had been posted there but removed. >> >> >>> Using >> >> >>> privileges as a volunteer Wikipedia administrator, which gave him >> >> >>> access to deleted page histories, Mr. Soong, a University of >> Virginia >> >> >>> student, was able to recover the answer key and re-post it on >> >> >>> Facebook." >> >> >>> >> >> >>> - -- >> >> >>> gwern >> >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> >> >>> >> >> >>> iEYEAREKAAYFAkllIJsACgkQvpDo5Pfl1oIQ9wCgkhjvk65QkqLHVfRlsNr6R9qE >> >> >>> 3CIAnjNSNtb2bBBoEYMQMCCJtKHZor+S >> >> >>> =hFKM >> >> >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> >>> >> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >> >>> WikiEN-l mailing list >> >> >>> WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> >> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> >> >> WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > WikiEN-l mailing list >> >> > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> >> WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > http://durova.blogspot.com/ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > WikiEN-l mailing list >> > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> > > > > -- > http://durova.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
