[WikiEN-l] Seriously, on BJAODN

Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen at shaw.ca
Sat Jun 2 17:26:14 UTC 2007


Gracenotes wrote:
> The way admins like to deal with copyright issues is delete, not
> fix. This preferred solution means that free content wins the
> bloody battle in The End. The only thing is, The End doesn't have
> half a chance of coming soon.
> 
> Write out a fair use rationale for a well-known album by a famous
> band, or tag it with {{subst:dfu}} and thumb-twiddle for a week? I
> dunno, which one can be done by a bot?

So why not tag BJAODN and give it that week for editors to work on
making it compliant? Since simply attributing the material would satisfy
everyone, this can be done. The result would be to produce more free
content, which is more of a "win" than a deleted wasteland, wouldn't you
agree?

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