[Wikipedia-l] Astrobiology encyclopedia and Wikipedia

[Tom Parmenter]

|From: koyaanisqatsi at nupedia.com
|Cc: 
|Sender: wikipedia-l-admin at wikipedia.org
|Reply-To: wikipedia-l at wikipedia.org
|Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 11:56:18 -0800
|
|>--- koyaanisqatsi at nupedia.com wrote about attributions:
|>> *but* he should know that, as a
|>> wiki, we currently can't guarantee that the citation will remain
|>> there permanently since anyone could remove it.
|
|Axel responded:
|>I don't think that's a big concern: if somebody removes the 
|(required)
|>attribution, then that's a violation of copyright law and we would 
|have
|>to revert. It's the same as if somebody uploads copyrighted materials
|>without permission: we are in violation and have to revert.
|
|well, I think it's a big concern, because we have no guarantee that 
|anyone will notice the removal, much less revert it.
|
|kq
|

We have no guarantee that the entries will remain the same either.
The bioastropedia is an excellent web site, but we aren't going to
import their articles wholesale and leave them untouched forever, are
we?

Tom Parmenter
Ortolan88