Wikipedia in education newsletter

[David Lewis]

Everyone should be aware that information that you post on Wikipedia may be republished by other parties. We have found that some individuals have taken content directly from Wikipedia and published it and made it available on Amazon. An example of this is the Wiki about the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. This is a Wiki I contributed to in the past. If you look on Amazon there is a digital and/or print on demand publication with I believe three different editors listed available for sale for about $40. In the short preview to the "book" the text is taken directly from Wikipedia, and some of it was written be myself. I never gave them the rights to publish this content and it seems disingenuous to  now offer it for sale, when the original content was meant to be freely and publicly available. I do not have confirmation that Wikipedia is directly involved. I offer this as if tribes place content on any Wiki websites, the same may happen. If anyone else knows further details I would be interested in hearing more. They have done this with many entries.

thank you

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David G. Lewis, PhD
Tribal Museum Curator/ Cultural Liaison
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
503-879-1634
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An announcement from a former student of mine now in Mexico.  --Rudy

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From: Leigh Thelmadatter [osamadre at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:35 AM

Subject: Wikipedia in education newsletter

New wiki-newsletter for projects related to education!  Now there is an easy way for everyone to share news about what they are doing!

 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Newsletter
<http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Newsletter>
If you would like a monthly email reminder please respond to this email and Ill put you on the list!


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