You might want to add it to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks so that it's kept track of and I know some users have done some great work at getting mirrors taken down through the process there. I also passed it along to our legal team who's looking into it.
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 5:30 AM, Rui Correia <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Mark and Mike > > Mike, well done on finding the "About"! I looked for it and could not find > it. > > But surely saying that "Most of the contents are licensed under > CC-BY-SA<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>" > is not a licence to copy the entire Wikipedia wholesale, without as much as > a mention thereof? > > Is there a mechanism to deal with this sort of thing? Where can I refer it > to for action? > > Regards, > > Rui > > On 3 August 2012 14:23, Mike Dupont <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > on the copyright page they say that the content is mostly cc-by-sa > > http://en.goldenmap.com/stylesheets/terms.php > > > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Delirium <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It looks like a direct scrape, even to the extent of having some > internal > > > links being broken because they didn't update them (e.g. the link to > > > Wikimedia Commons at the end of the article). I believe it's just one > of > > the > > > (many) unauthorized mirrors that don't properly credit the source of > > their > > > content. > > > > > > The English Wikipedia keeps track of such sites here: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CC-BY-SA_Compliance > > > > > > -Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/3/12 1:44 PM, Rui Correia wrote: > > >> > > >> Dear All > > >> > > >> I came across a site called Golden Map, which has an encyclopaedic > > >> collection of articles that are the same as in the Wikipedia, but I > > don't > > >> see anywhere any information expalining what the association/ > permission > > >> is. Is there an agreement in place for this? > > >> > > >> Look - for example - at this page on the Wildebeest > > >> http://en.goldenmap.com/Wildebeest > > >> > > >> Best regards, > > >> > > >> Rui > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > > > > > -- > > James Michael DuPont > > Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org > > Saving wikipedia(tm) articles from deletion > > http://SpeedyDeletion.wikia.com > > Contributor FOSM, the CC-BY-SA map of the world http://fosm.org > > Mozilla Rep https://reps.mozilla.org/u/h4ck3rm1k3 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > > > -- > _________________________ > Rui Correia > Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Work Consultant > Bridge to Angola - Angola Liaison Consultant > > Mobile Number in South Africa +27 74 425 4186 > Número de Telemóvel na África do Sul +27 74 425 4186 > "Quando a verdade é substituída pelo silêncio, o silêncio é uma mentira" - > Yevgeny Yevtushenko > "When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie" - Yevgeny > Yevtushenko > _______________ > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- James Alexander Manager, Merchandise Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
