Wikipedia in education newsletter

[Edward Jahn]

This is a clear violation of the Wikipedia policy that states, "Wikipedia
content can be copied, modified, and redistributed *if and only if* the
copied version is made available on the same terms to others and
acknowledgment of the authors of the Wikipedia article used is included..."

Here is a link to a web page that has some recommendations on how to take
action:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Standard_license_violation_letter

If Amazon is notified, they might block distribution of the offending
publication.

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 3:01 PM, David Lewis <David.Lewis at grandronde.org>wrote:

>  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
>
>  <º}}}}><`·..·`·..·`·... <º}}}}><`·..·`·...
> 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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> *From:* Indigenous Languages and Technology [ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
> on behalf of Troike, Rudolph C - (rtroike) [rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 23, 2012 11:52 AM
> *To:* ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> *Subject:* [ILAT] FW: Wikipedia in education newsletter
>
>
> 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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