[WikiEN-l] Re: Experiment on new pages and GFDL

Wed Dec 7 15:22:39 UTC 2005

Anthere wrote:

> According to intellectual property laws, no one should claim he is the 
> author of a work who someone else authored.
>
> So...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silicone_rubber&action=history
>
> and 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation#Silicone_Rubber_Manufacturing_by_adpol.co.uk 
>
>
>
> Who is the author of the article ?

Someone not reading instructions. From [[WP:AFC]]:

"If you fulfil any of these requests using content posted on this page, 
please note the requesting IP in the edit summary for GFDL 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL> compliance."

Also, assuming authorship just because someone created the database row 
in MediaWiki is dubious anyway, since there are merges, copying from 
other sources, etc... Yes, that should always be noted in the edit 
summary. Yes, some people don't. But it's not a /new/ problem.

grm_wnr