[Wikisource-l] content ownership

An interesting question was posed on foundation-l a few minutes ago. (see below) On English Wikisource, I think there is an unwritten "guideline" that the people who start a project do have a limited right to "OWN" that project. As it is an unwritten rule, I might just be dreaming this. I would write it up something like: Wikisource contributors dont enforce our own view of policy unless someone else is undeniably breaking policy. Wikisource contributors dont intentionally interfere with each others projects unless requested, or unless a project is breaking widely held communal expectations. Do other Wikisourcerers dream the same dream? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il> Date: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:50 PM Subject: [Foundation-l] content ownership in different projects To: foundation-l <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> The problem of content ownership hits any wiki at some point. In the English Wikipedia it is governed by a policy called "WP:OWN" [1]. There's a similar policy in the Hebrew Wikipedia. Is this policy any different in other projects? I am asking, because i agree with the English Wikipedia's policy in principle, but the reality is that sometimes instead of helping people write together, this policy drives people away from the project - people who could be very positive contributors, but who don't like their contributions edited by others without being asked. So i am wondering: maybe en.wp and he.wp can learn something from other languages here? Thank you, [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_articles -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com "We're living in pieces,  I want to live in peace." - T. Moore _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l -- John Vandenberg