User talk:Ann miller5588

Copyright violation
Hello Ann miller5588, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Economists' Statement on Climate Change has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Cordless Larry (talk) 13:51, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi Cordless Larry,

My understanding is that this has always been a public statement, and the precise language that all of these economists agreed to in this historic statement is highly relevant. No summary can capture the precise wording that formed the basis of this open letter. As a solution, if I track down Ted Halstead, founder of Redefining Progress, which organized this statement, and ask him to grant copyright, would that solve your concerns? Thank you.

Ann miller5588 (talk) 14:04, 7 June 2016 (UTC) Ann Miller5588
 * Hello again. Just because something is public, does not mean it is free from copyright (I could go to the shop and buy a newspaper, but that does not give me the right to start printing my own copies of it, for instance). If Halstead wants to make the text available under the appropriate Creative Commons licence, then I'm sure that would resolve the matter. More information on this is available at WP:COMPLIC. By the way, for future reference, if you want me to see messages you post here, you should ping me, otherwise I might miss them. Cordless Larry (talk) 14:25, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

I have contacted Ted Halstead, and suggested that he email permissions-en@wikimedia.org with the template provided to release the content. Is this the correct step? Thanks! Ann miller5588 (talk) 14:35, 7 June 2016 (UTC) Ann Miller
 * I'm not an expert on the e-mail system for permissions, but I believe that that is correct. An alternative would simply be for him to add the appropriate licence to the source webpage. Cordless Larry (talk) 14:38, 7 June 2016 (UTC)