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Re: "Nothing to see here" doesn't mention that one of the much-discussed questions concerning the episode was whether or not David Gerard had requested Foundation intervention with the ArbCom over the matter. Cla68 (talk) 00:05, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We came to the story late in the publication process and it was hard to nail that area down. I almost inserted the question from John Vandenberg, but the story was already growing so large and there were already issues with the linking to the blog that were eating into time that could have been spent writing it. If you note, I only realised John resigned over the issue at the 11th hour. Other editors are free to write this stuff up as well or make suggestions at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions. Hiding T 15:03, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What fresh madness is this? It's a copyright violation to link to the original version of copyrighted material? Like, it's a copyright violation to link to a New York Times story because the story is copyrighted? This sort of insanity needs to be quashed before it becomes impossible to contribute here. --JayHenry (talk) 03:22, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, the issue was about linking to sites that reproduce copyrighted material without permission (the email that David Gerard posted). So links to pages that simply reproduce New York Times articles without permission are disallowed, not links to the original stories.--ragesoss (talk) 03:39, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hahaha, ah yes, I see, so I can write you an email and call you all sorts of names, and if you share the email you'd be violating my copyright? I misunderstood the circumstances but sadly the question of whether this is insanity or idiocy remains. --JayHenry (talk) 03:44, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]