[Foundation-l] WikiGadugi Wikipedia Rating???

Sun Jan 21 22:07:28 UTC 2007

I see you redirected Project:About to http://en.wikigadugi.org/wiki/GFDL.

That page is not what was meant. You need the *verbatim text of the
GFDL*, which can be found at Wikipedia:Text of the GFDL.

On 1/21/07, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/21/07, Jeffrey V. Merkey <jmerkey at wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote:
> > Pardon me folks, but if someone feels we are not in compliance with the
> > GFDL, can please someone point out where this is the case?   All of our
> > content
> > is GFDL compliant and we do not offer any license other than the GFDL
> > and post the GFDL to our site.
> >
> > I am happy to address and correct any issues with use of the Foundations
> > content if anyone feels it is not adequately spelled out as GFDL.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
>
>
> It isn't the foundation's content. Lets look at an example shall we:
>
> http://en.wikigadugi.org/wiki/Rolle_Canal
>
> First there is no direct link to a copy of the GFDL that I can find
> which is less than ideal
>
> Now you list 3 authors in the history tab :
> Mervyn
> geni
> Rosser1954
>
> Problem is that list isn't complete list of the authors or even 5 major
> authors.
>
> If we look at:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rolle_Canal&action=history
>
> There are more than three authors
>
> Now you could either fix this by hosting the full history of the
> article localy or linking to the wikipedia history. Your choice.
>
> Now we move onto the images:
>
> Image:Rolle canal lock.JPG
>
> You have correctly stated that the work is under the GFDL but have
> failed to credit the author (in this case geni).
>
> It gets even worse if we look at other images such as:
>
> Image:Wilts and Berks Canal link to Thames.JPG
>
> which fails to mention the GFDL or the author.
>
> So in short you need to fix your author crediting and links to the GFDL
>
> --
> geni
>
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Gary Kirk