Jimbo forwarded to Wikien-l what looks like an "official" takedown notice for the article about Easter Bradford -- a man who has been, from time to time, a contributor to Wikipedia.
See: http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-January/009529.html
I'm not sure what we should do. If I still had ssh software on my PC, I would probably delete the pages from the database (just to be safe).
On the other hand, it might be a good idea to back them up them somewhere, accessible only to the head developer, in case the notice is either (a) faked; or (b) not something we have to comply with, even if it's real.
Cautiously,
Ed Poor
I'm talking to him, there's no need to delete the page right away. Some clever person already listed it on VfD, and I've let "Easter Bradford" know that. I told him that if there's consensus among the editors, the page will be deleted within 7-10 days, and that if there is not such a consensus, I'll step in to make sure that his legal rights are fully protected.
That's entirely consistent with his demands, so I think it's fine.
(I.E. he says that if I don't do something soon, he's going to send me a letter, which will take a couple of days, and then I'll have 7 days after that to delete the stuff.)
Your action, Ed, is a good enough one for now, I think. It takes the page out of general circulation.
--Jimbo
Jimmy Wales wrote:
I'm talking to him, there's no need to delete the page right away. Some clever person already listed it on VfD, and I've let "Easter Bradford" know that. I told him that if there's consensus among the editors, the page will be deleted within 7-10 days, and that if there is not such a consensus, I'll step in to make sure that his legal rights are fully protected.
That's entirely consistent with his demands, so I think it's fine.
(I.E. he says that if I don't do something soon, he's going to send me a letter, which will take a couple of days, and then I'll have 7 days after that to delete the stuff.)
Your action, Ed, is a good enough one for now, I think. It takes the page out of general circulation.
So if somebody doesn't like our coverage of them, then they only have to send us an "official take-down notice" [*], and we'll remove the page from general circulation and list it to possibly be deleted?
In that case, Saddam Hussein should contact us. (The real one this time.)
[*] Unless Bradford is suggesting a copyright violation (and that can't be the stuff that ''he'' submitted!), then I don't even know what an "offical take-down notice" is. There's the DMCA procedure for copyright, but Bradford's letter charged defamation (libel/slander).
-- Toby
Toby Bartels wrote:
So if somebody doesn't like our coverage of them, then they only have to send us an "official take-down notice" [*], and we'll remove the page from general circulation and list it to possibly be deleted?
While I'm happy to see [[Easter Bradford]] deleted, I am concerned that it may set a precedent.
When an author requests an article he/she wrote to be deleted, we should delete it imediatelly. Especially when nobody else has contributed into the article.
The possibility of a fake request exists. This is a serious consideration.
--Optim
--- "Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com wrote:
Jimbo forwarded to Wikien-l what looks like an "official" takedown notice for the article about Easter Bradford -- a man who has been, from time to time, a contributor to Wikipedia.
See:
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-January/009529.html
I'm not sure what we should do. If I still had ssh software on my PC, I would probably delete the pages from the database (just to be safe).
On the other hand, it might be a good idea to back them up them somewhere, accessible only to the head developer, in case the notice is either (a) faked; or (b) not something we have to comply with, even if it's real.
Cautiously,
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--- Nikos-Optim optim81@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
When an author requests an article he/she wrote to be deleted, we should delete it imediatelly. Especially when nobody else has contributed into the article.
The possibility of a fake request exists. This is a serious consideration.
--Optim
Shall I remind you of the text on the edit page at wikipedia?
(If he posted it, he agreed to the terms.)
"Please note that all contributions to Wikipedia are considered to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License (see Wikipedia:Copyrights for details). If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then don't submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!"
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