I think we need a more organized way to address this problem.
Some background from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GFDL_standardization
Pursuant to the Text of the GNU Free Documentation License:
*"The Document may include Warranty Disclaimers next to the notice which states that this License applies to the Document. These Warranty Disclaimers are considered to be included by reference in this License ..."*
and reusers are obliged to
*"Preserve any Warranty Disclaimers" *
For some time I have been trying to address this issue on my own with my individual effort. I have not had much success. There still are wikis that use a forced disclaimer on their GFDL licenses. I believe the disclaimer was carried from the translation of the English wikipedia's GFDL template that had such a note.
Many wikis such as the English, Russian, Arabic, Vietnamese wikis have legally abolished the disclaimer from their standard GFDL template however some wikis such as the Japanese wikipedia is still using a disclaimer. Continued usage of disclaimers on {{GFDL}} templates is particularly problematic because when such images are moved to commons the disclaimer is not carried with the image. It is a serious pain to try to find and retag images that were carelessly moved to commons w/o the license.
There is also the matter of wikis illegally abolishing the GFDL disclaimer by removing it from the template without preserving the warranty disclaimer as demanded by the GFDL license. All images tagged with a disclaimer version of the GFDL template must be retagged. To make the matter more complicated, some such additions and removals of the disclaimer were done accidentally like how it was done on English wikibooks.
There is a potential legal dispute which may lead to court actions. As unlikely as that may be, addressing it would nullify the potential.
I have a bot account on many wikis and I can make the necesary fixes on the wikis such a thing is needed. Determining which wikis had a disclaimer in what time frame is a different story. I would request a collaborative effort to address the problem.
- White Cat
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 3:25 PM, White Cat wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com wrote:
I have a bot account on many wikis and I can make the necesary fixes on the wikis such a thing is needed. Determining which wikis had a disclaimer in what time frame is a different story. I would request a collaborative effort to address the problem.
- White Cat
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Expain the problem to the different wikis and get contensus for them to work. Template names and the alike is not something the foundation deals with, it's up to the local wikis.
It's them whom you should reach and convince.
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Pedro Sanchez pdsanchez@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 3:25 PM, White Cat wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com wrote:
I have a bot account on many wikis and I can make the necesary fixes on
the
wikis such a thing is needed. Determining which wikis had a disclaimer
in
what time frame is a different story. I would request a collaborative
effort
to address the problem.
- White Cat
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Expain the problem to the different wikis and get contensus for them to work. Template names and the alike is not something the foundation deals with, it's up to the local wikis.
It's them whom you should reach and convince.
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Please stop pursuing me. You do not have to object every suggestion I make.
This is a possible legal issue that the foundation will have to deal with in the event of a lawsuit. It very much concerns the foundation.
- White Cat
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 3:39 PM, White Cat wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Pedro Sanchez pdsanchez@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 3:25 PM, White Cat wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com wrote:
I have a bot account on many wikis and I can make the necesary fixes on
the
wikis such a thing is needed. Determining which wikis had a disclaimer
in
what time frame is a different story. I would request a collaborative
effort
to address the problem.
- White Cat
foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Expain the problem to the different wikis and get contensus for them to work. Template names and the alike is not something the foundation deals with, it's up to the local wikis.
It's them whom you should reach and convince.
foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Please stop pursuing me. You do not have to object every suggestion I make.
This is a possible legal issue that the foundation will have to deal with in the event of a lawsuit. It very much concerns the foundation.
- White Cat
you've made 2 sugestions, and they're related. This is not personal. Mailing lists are to discuss.
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