On Wednesday 13 November 2002 11:24 am, wikipedia-l-request@wikipedia.org wrote: Axel Boldt wrote:

I think that's a good idea. I would modify the text a bit: the rules are more about *contributing* rather than *using*, i.e. reading. Maybe

"By pressing save you indicate that you agree to the rules
 and conditions of contributing to this website"

or even nicer

 "By pressing save you indicate that you agree to the rules
  of our community."

This could replace the current GFDL copyright notice.

In any event, the [[Wikipedia:Wikipetiquette]] document right now is a joke and can in this form not be made part of the rules. E.g. rule 1: "Try to say something positive for each complaint you make." ?? If Wikipetiquette is to be included, than it has to be a minimalistic version: be polite, no personal attacks.

Axel

I really like your rewording and idea to replace the ancient GFDL copyright notice. But it probably is still a good idea to save the core message of the GFDL for legal reasons (since authors give up certain rights to control their work when it is under the GFDL). So how about this;

"By pressing save you indicate that you agree to the rules of our community and also agree to license your own work under terms of the GNU Free Documentation License."

'rules of our community' would be a link to a very simplified version of our core policies, 'license' would be a link to Wikipedia:Copyrights, and 'GNU Free Documentation License' would be a direct link to our local (and protected) copy of GNU FDL. All the links should open up in a new window.

My idea might be too link heavy so I'm not too attached to the second or third links (which would be linked on the simplified policy page anyway).

Somebody already mentioned a 'users bill of rights'. It would be nice to have that also linked from the simplified policy page.

-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)