Removing this as it was done is like finding one illegally copied record in a store, and closing the entire store. Arbitrary authority might do things like that, which is why we should not have arbitrary authority, but rules calling for measured action. Every individual item there has to be considered for GFDL violation, and time allowed to correct it , item by item.
(In the meantime we can be discussing whether the interpretation of GFDL is correct, or whether a good faith effort is sufficient.)
As I said in the discussions, I would love to get rid off those pages on grounds of good taste and encyclopedic content. But this act, like most over-reaching use of power, will in the end have made it harder to do so.
I suppose a case could be made that using an individual idiosyncratic opinion about copyright to remove massive content from WP is vandalism, plain and simple, just as any mass removal of any content on other grounds would be. The need to remove content in accordance with legal action is usually much more specific than this. DGG
On 6/5/07, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
Tony Sidaway wrote:
On 6/5/07, Charli Li chengli1@verizon.net wrote:
Tony Sidaway's mail client expels the following stream of bytes on 6/4/2007 9:06 PM:
Four letters: G F D L
Umm...the G F D L is so that everyone can see and edit it, regardless if one person likes it or not. If *you* don't like it, just ignore it.
Read the licence.
I think even many of the "keep it" supporters are willing to admit that BJAODN's compliance with the GFDL could be better. I'm one of them. However, the point that's being raised over and over that you appear to be ignoring is that the GFDL compliance of BJAODN can be _fixed_, improved to arbitrarily good standards, and that there are editors who are ready and willing to put in the time to do that.
Sure, you personally don't see any worth in the article and don't want to waste any time on it. That's fine, you don't have to. The problem arises when you decide to project that value judgment onto everyone else and force them not to "waste their time" on it either. Please stop doing that. Editors are all volunteers, they'll spend their time as they see fit and aren't going to magically change their interests if they're blocked from pursuing them.
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