Talk:Sphaera Mundi

Per the requirements of the GFDL licence and Wikipedia's Cite Sources Policy, the Sphaera Mundi article must contain attribution and a link to the original location of the contributed material, since it's material copied from our wiki which Wikipedia can use only as long as all GFDL requirements are met. User:UninvitedCompany doesn't stop removing the attribution. I am not going to revert the article again. The Sphaera Mundi article should be deleted from Wikipedia if the attribution is removed again. Www.wikinerds.org 08:29, 14 August 2005 (UTC)


 * That's only true if WE copied it. Not if YOU force it down our throats. If you keep gaming the system, I will delete the article, start fresh and rewrite it completely. That is, if UninvitedCompany agrees. Uncle Ed 21:59, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

Criticism
I did not realize I was stepping into an edit war. But regarding the article itself, there are many points which require correction. For example, NSK states that it was first published in 1482. Actually it was first printed in Ferrara, Italy in 1472. Ratdolt's version is much later. Indeed, it was published hundreds of times over the next two centuries. While 1472 may be its edito princeps, it was first written in 1232 by Sacrobosco in manuscript form. Furthermore, when written by Sacrobosco, it was not a collection. But by the time it was printed over two centuries later, many authors had added their own commentary about the cosmos. NSK's version does not even mention The Sphere of Sacrobosco and its Commentators by Lynn Thorndike. As implied by Thorndike, its usual title is De Sphaera, not Sphaera Mundi. But I would prefer a total rewrite, which would eliminate any need for attribution. I also think the material should be in the Johannes de Sacrobosco article, not in its own article. &mdash; Joe Kress 19:41, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Very good! Please add that material to the article. Content is more important than the existence or non-existence of a single external link. Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; 20:53, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

I've done a total rewrite and placed it at De sphaera mundi. I then deleted this article to remove the attribution issue, and recreated it as a redirect to the new article. --Michael Snow 05:23, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I think your action now resolved the issue about Sphaera Mundi. Www.wikinerds.org 07:01, 15 August 2005 (UTC)