Courtesy Blanking is different from oversighting.
Oversighting can only be done *if* the contributer agrees to release their contributions under a license that doesn't require attribution, or into the public domain. Alternatively, things can probably be oversighted if they're deleted (there's some talk about this not being allowed under the GFDL, but I think that's wrong - as long as the contribution isn't included, it can be oversighted from the history.) Otherwise, in principle we're violating someone's copyright, and they're entitled to get crotchety.
Courtesy blanking is different - it can be done anywhere. What pages bothers you - I'll have a look.
WilyD
On 8/8/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
On 8/7/07, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
Casey Brown wrote:
Perhaps you are thinking about her many archives? It would be crazy
to
remove that much of someone's contribution history for any
reason. The devs
would absolutely throw a fit! :-P
It would probably involve a lot of GFDL violation, too. Removing the edit history of a prolific long-time editor would potentially make thousands of articles into copyvios.
Whose copyright would be violated? If the long-time editor gives you permission, then I don't see how it could constitute a copyright violation.
I actually think it'd be a good idea to oversight all but the last 500 edits of any user upon request. But only if it's a service available to everyone equally. I feel similar about all this courtesy-blanking stuff. The top google hit for my name still contains an undeserved hate-fest by various Wikipedians from over 3 years ago. I've talked to OTRS, I've talked to arb com members, I've talked to some of the people making the malicious statements, and what courtesy do I get? So far none.
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