[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly, Dec 2007)

[Steven Walling]

So, this time next year, we'll have to deal with hordes of people who
joined the project because of the book quoting it as policy in
discussions when the relevant policy has been updated.  Boy, I'm
cynical.

I'd tend to agree. We might even have to create a whole new
disclaimers/guideline explicitly saying that Wikimedia didn't endorse this
book and that quoting it as "the truth" doesn't mean squat.

On 10/21/07, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Anthony wrote:
> > Now, you're saying you don't think that's possible, that trademark law
> > doesn't apply here.  And the fact that there's a "Microsoft Project
> > 2007: The Missing Manual" without any TM or (R)'s on it suggests that
> > maybe you're right.  Although, with Wikipedia it's still kind of
> > different (more confusing), because Wikipedia is the title of a series
> > of written works.
>
> AFAIK, the "™" and "(R)" symbols have no particular legal standing even
> when used by the trademark holders themselves; they're just a commonly
> understood flag one can wave if one chooses to let people know what
> you've trademarked. Third parties are under no obligation to use them
> and I remove them from articles whenever I see them (unless of course
> the article is talking specifically about those symbols).
>
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