On 18/07/07, Angela Anuszewski psu256@member.fsf.org wrote:
On 7/18/07, Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb@gmail.com wrote:
Ergo, the history section being linked to needs to be visible to the general public, not deleted on the presumption that nobody will want to read it. What would be the purpose of linking to a history section which no longer exists?
Exactly - there would be no purpose for linking to a history section which no longer exists. This implies that the history of a deleted article needs to be preserved and be publically available. Its a fuzzy spot.
There's nothing fuzzy about it - it's common sense, legally required, and what's morally right. Content on Wikipedia should be attributed to the creator/copyright holder (who has licensed their contribution for free use under GFDL); this is achieved through the history page. So, *all* history of the content (i.e. including from merges) has to be publically available.
Content on Wikipedia is "free" but it's not stolen.
Zoney