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Re: Tracking banned user Andrew Morrow

by Karl A. Krueger-2 :: Rate this Message:

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On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 05:29:15PM +0000, David Gerard wrote:
> So if I revert all and remake the good edits, the good edits stay in
> Wikipedia but aren't associated with the banned editor - so that if
> others are also following him about, they don't accidentally revert a
> good edit. It's a bit more work for me, but hopefully means less work
> for others.

Banned editors are disallowed from editing.  However, banned editors
still hold copyright over their own words.  If you revert their good
contributions and then re-post their own words under your name, you
might be seen as illicitly taking credit for their work.

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Karl A. Krueger <kkrueger@...>

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