[WikiEN-l] expunging copyright violations (Was: Re: Admin burnout)

[Ray Saintonge]

John Vandenberg wrote:

>However, the issue of access to copyvios increases with the number of
>admins.  In my opinion this isnt solved with less admins, but by
>expunging copyvios completely or further restricting access to them.
>In this, I am more thinking about copies of articles from other
>encyclopedias, as opposed to the snippets taken from a website.  These
>copyvios are of limited usefulness to admins after a few days and
>should be inaccessible, both in the article history and the deletion
>log; instead a boilerplate page should alert the reader that the
>version they have requested is a copyvio and provide the details, such
>as source, contributors name, etc.  All access to these copyright
>violations after it has been removed should be restricted to case by
>case needs.
>
Some broad access to these copyvios may still be needed for admns.  
Putting "COPYVIO" in big letters across its face could make it unusable 
except for checking out possible copyvios.  Some popular pictures may 
very well keep being uploaded by other users who are unaware of the 
previous determination.

Ec