User talk:Russianart

Shchukin
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate your contributions to the Shchukin article, but we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material. Perhaps you would like to rewrite the article in your own words. For more information, take a look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Happy editing!  SCH ZMO  ✍ 21:51, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

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Again, welcome! abakharev 23:22, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Shchukin
The problem with Wiki is that any text goes with a very liberal GFDL license - anybody can edit the text and the only way to check who was the original author is from the History of the article. Tomorrow somebody could add to the article something bad about the painter if this properly source able we would have to accept it (and the original author could not withdraw his permissions), moreover somebody else could do with the text on his own web site (or in print or elsewhere) whatever they want and the only thing we can insist on is that the reference to Wiki was somehow traceable. Some copyright owners might disagree with all this even if they did not object with putting their article straight on Wiki. Can you just directly ask (say by email) the agent you was talking with to confirm that they do not object with GFDL and tell us the result. Or just put on the talk page info who you have talked with and that they explicitly agreed with GFDL. Some people are strange, they tell that they agree and then file a lawsuit, and if something happen Wiki will blame you, so better have something traceable (email is enough). Then we could revert blanking of the article. Alternatively, we can rewrite - it is no big deal. abakharev 00:59, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Abakharev, Thank you for your eplanation. It is very usefull as I am new in Wiki. I will ask an email of conformation to the agent and will send it to you. Also I hope that I am using now the right way to reply to you ??? I would like to rewrite the text if possible but my english is poor ! Thank you again. warm regards Russianart 17:56, 7 April 2006 (UTC)