User talk:Femalepilot

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Legal threat warning
The legal threat you posted at Bambi bucket is completely unacceptable, and has been removed. By making such a threat, it shows you clearly don't understand copyright law. None of the text in the article was taken from a copyrighted source, therefore you can't claim copyright infringement. Any further activity by you in this manner will get you blocked from editing.  AK Radecki Speaketh  16:40, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


 * ALAN, you are not an expert in copyright law. The term Bambi Bucket is protected.  This product is patented, trademarked and copyrighted.  Do not place other material on a page with a protected name and, contrary to your opinion, it is NOT a generic term.  Anyone if the firefighting and aviation community knows this...
 * I'm not only in the aviation community, I also write about it, and it is a generic term. Has been since long before 1983. Be that as it may, though, that's not the issue here. The issue is your legal threats. Since you're shouting my name and telling me what to do and what not to do in rather blunt terms, I'm going to take that as a continuation of legal threats. Consider yourself blocked.  AK Radecki Speaketh  04:04, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi Femalepilot. Alan asked me to review your block. As a new user of Wikipedia, you may very well be unaware of our policy against making legal threats. I believe you are mistaken over the legal status of the copyright matter, but I am not an expert and I could be wrong. However, making even veiled legal threats here is a strict no-no. Can I suggest you make it clear, either here or in an email to me or to Alan, whether you are indeed threatening legal action over the matter? If the answer is yes, I will extend the block on your account to indefinite and forward the matter to our legal team here, who will no doubt be happy to discuss the matter with you. If the answer is no, I would recommend the unblocking of the account so that you can discuss your points about the language used in the article in a civil manner, something you should perhaps have done the first time round rather than handling it the way you did. Never mind, we all make mistakes. I am sure that if you can make your intentions clear we can all move on and get on with improving the encyclopedia. Best wishes, --John 06:12, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

JOHN, thank you for reasoned approach. I made numerous attempts to post appropriate material to the Bambi page and to make corrections but these were always undone by Alan (from what I can see). There did not appear to be an easy friendly way in which to contact anyone so hence the notice that the page was violating copyright. I have to say that Wikipedia has lost all credibility with me in regards to its content accuracy. After seeing the arrogance in some people's 'knowledge base' it makes me question what else does this site have wrong? If you don't know that Bambi is NOT a generic term but continue to defend your editorial postings (and as an editor override others) then I have lost confidence in the editorial leadership of the site. In future, I will not be using this site and I can now understand why educational institutions do not allow references to Wikipedia in papers or reports. As a pilot of 30 years and a member of the wildland firefighting community, I am surprised that the only interest is in punitive action against me instead of a strong desire to get the information right. P.S. The name Bambi Bucket was the result of a dinner party conversation between the inventor Don Arney and his many good friends. It was an off-the-cuff thought to give his new invention a name and it stuck. Since then it has been trademarked and it only can be applied to the bucket that is produced by SEI Industries. It was not in existence (as Alan says above) long before 1983 and it is not a generic term.