[Wikipedia-l] Re: Copyright violations at download.wikimedia.org

[David Gerard]

Jimmy Wales (jwales at wikia.com) [050605 06:44]:
> Roger Luethi wrote:

> > I find plenty of copyvios that are several days old, and I've had to
> > undo the work of weeks or months because some people just copy and
> > paste stuff from other web sites (no, not WP mirrors) without being
> > caught. That is a very unpleasant experience for everyone involved,
> > especially if other editors kept working on the text in good faith.
 
> I wonder what we can do to improve the situation.


Making it easier to selectively delete old versions from the history would
help a lot in making sure the stuff is not easily accessible. (I expect
that's a "Great! Write it.")


- d.