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One reason why CCC articles are not translated into English is that they may not meet enwiki notability guidelines. For example, many biography articles on Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia (most of which are on Gaelic speakers) are not notable according to enwiki standards. b uidhe 00:26, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Note that Wikipedia @ 20, where this article first appeared, is due to be published as a book by the MIT Press in Fall 2020 under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Biogeographist (talk) 17:52, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually, as mentioned near the top of this article's page (just page-up), the article was published by Wikipedia@20 and is licensed CC-BY 4.0. Check the bottom of their page https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org/pub/26ke5md7/release/15 Smallbones_(smalltalk) 18:15, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Smallbones: See the top of https://wikipedia20.pubpub.org where it says: "Selected entries will be published in print by the MIT Press in Fall 2020, also under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license." There is also a page for the forthcoming book on WorldCat, major online booksellers, and the MIT Press website: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/wikipedia-20 Biogeographist (talk) 22:30, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright holders can license material under more than one license. The linked source document unequivocally states this passage is CC-BY 4.0 licensed. All CC licenses state that they are irrevocable, so it doesn't matter if it is later published under an additional license. — Wug·a·po·des 22:42, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

To be clear, the purpose of my comments is to tell people about the forthcoming book, not to contest the licensing status of this article! I imagine the licensing of the MIT Press book refers to that book as a whole (including the MIT Press typesetting). Biogeographist (talk) 00:02, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

One reason why people might be interested in the book, for example, is because it can be cited as a source in Wikipedia articles. Biogeographist (talk) 00:05, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it will be a great book. We *plan* on having interviews with the editors, etc. when it comes out. And, just in case, I always clear these things with the editor and the author ahead of time, even though I know the license is CC-BY 4.0. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 02:04, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]