[racket] Wikipedia article improvements

From: Robby Findler (robby at eecs.northwestern.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 18 14:22:59 EDT 2011

You have my permission (not sure which ones I wrote exacty).

Robby

On Thursday, August 18, 2011, Joan Arnaldich <jarnaldich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> So adding the examples from the main page wasn't a good idea at
> all. My fault. The following link:
>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright#Can_I_add_something_to_Wikipedia_that_I_got_f
> rom_somewhere_else.3F
>
> states that content under a GNU only license is NOT compatible with
> Wikipedia.
>
> So I think we only have the following options:
>
> 1 - Obtaining an explicit declaration of consent from the authors of
> the examples, following the process described here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requesting_copyright_permission
>
> All it should take is a couple of emails. Model provided here:
>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries
>
> 2 - Creating a page somewhere else with the examples and a big
> CC-BY-SA logo and refering to that as the source. (Dirty hack, I don't
> think I like that one...).
>
> 3 - Getting rid of the page and starting all over again / rewriting
> all the examples and descriptions that have been copied. This one is
> risky, because the deletion discussion can start all over again in the
> new page...
>
> I'd go for 1, but I can't do it myself...
>
> Anyway... and somewhat off-topic... I never imagined adding such a
> simple page would be such a pain. IMHO, the whole process requires too
> much energy from too many people. I cannot understand why some
> Wikipedia editors seem so interested in people NOT
> learning. Unfortunately, this is not something new...
>
>
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/fkt7t/nemerle_factor_alice_ml_and_other_program
> ming/
>
> Well, hope this can be solved, in the end...
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Joan.
>
>
>
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