Declan, The criteria and system seem quite straight-forward and easy
to use. I like the user-driven approach.
Thanks for initiating the discussion -- the result is enhanced
usability.
Alison

On Apr 23, 9:50 pm, Declan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Nellie,
>
> I like the changes; Good work!
>
> And I appreciate the other comments also.
> Regarding care with weeding etc, I have suggested criteria for
> immediate deletion:
>
>    1. Single-author pages requested by the author.
>    2. Multi-author pages where all authors agree, or where the content
> is largely blank.
>
> These criteria provide options for author-directed deletion.
>
> I'm not personally interested in policing copyright violations beyond
> my own student group; I suspect such violations are generally
> misunderstandings on the part of new users and I think the violations
> are fairly uncommon.
>
> I think a gentler approach will generally bring folks around without
> scaring them away.  Personally I had used book covers on WE initially
> based on my interpretation of local (US) fair use law.  Others gently
> pointed out that this is an international resource and applying a US
> standard is ill advised (let's not reopen that debate; I pulled the
> book covers).  My point is that self policing leaves the power and
> ownership in the hands of the users.  My intent is to provide a simple
> user-driven tool rather than something more top-down.
>
> Cheers,
> Declan
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