On 10/25/07, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:

On 10/25/07, Robert Rohde rarohde@gmail.com wrote:

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In writing the Foundation's resolution on licensing policy and enwiki's non-free content criteria (i.e. it's "exemption doctrine policy"), there appears to be a little problem. Both were designed around handling images,

.. or other media files, really. This is also implicitly stated through the language such as "uploaded media files" etc. Quotations are fine as long as they are not excessive & aren't used to substitute our own writing (e.g. an article which primarily consists of a quote).

= All Wikiquote who accepts non-free/fair use quotes currently?

It may be sensible to have an explicit policy on text quotations at some point, but it hasn't been a problem so far except for Wikiquote, which is a difficult beast in its own right.

Perhaps it was just the reason Drini once claimed LP means any Wikiquote project must equip its own EDP if it keep collecting fair use quotes. And as an admin of English Wikiquote which accept quotes from copyrighted works greedily for now, I am very concerned about that consequence.

If you feel you need an official interpretation from WMF of what the LP means for quotes, I'm sure Mike Godwin would be happy to elaborate further. :-)

Yes, definitely. Since mention to the quotes on English Wikipedia version are sketchy and the shapes of content are different (largely quotes-only-content vs. quotes as reference and only small part of content), instruction from Mike will be greatly appreciated.

-- Toward Peace, Love & Progress: Erik

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