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

Wed Dec 7 23:43:07 UTC 2005

On 12/8/05, Anthere <anthere9 at yahoo.com> 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 ?
>

If the text that actually ended up on the page was posted on AFC by
the anon, then the anon is the author - the text has essentially been
moved. If the logged-in editor who creates the article modifies this
text, they own those edits in the usual way.

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Stephen Bain
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