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Santa Cruz, California

"silence covered the sky...."

Oh yea? Thanks much for your help on the Santa Cruz, California with those ding bats and again thanks for the help on the Cocoanut grove disambiguous link.

Regards, Scott 03:45:07, 2005-08-27 (UTC)

Scott Burns

Hi Aaronbrick, I have a few questions/comments about this page. Scott Burns (producer) is presently a redlink; are you planning on writing this article? If so, how notable is he as compared to Scott Burns the footballer? Generally if there is a large disparity in notability, what we do is add a {{dablink}} to the top of the article with the more notable person with a link to the article of the person with less notability.

If the two people are of similar notability and a disambiguation page is preferred, then we need to clean up a bit. In particular, we need to move the page that is presently at Scott Burns to Scott Burns (footballer) (or whatever we wish to name it) in order to preserve the page history, a requirement of the GFDL. See WP:CUTPASTE. I will await a response before taking any action. Thanks! —bbatsell ¿? 00:33, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

I see that as I was writing this, another user went ahead and performed this; seeing the article for the producer, I agree with the actions taken. I will add the dablink as I described above to the main Scott Burns article and I think we're good to go. Thanks! —bbatsell ¿? 00:34, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

there are more links in other articles to the producer than the footballer; and his article is sycophantic lunacy written by a team fan. i prefer the disambiguation page i made but won't put up a fight about it. Aaronbrick 00:37, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Looking at Special:Whatlinkshere/Scott_Burns, I see 4 links that should go to the producer, and the rest should go to the footballer. I will go ahead and disambiguate those now. —bbatsell ¿? 00:40, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

thanks, bbatsell, i cleaned up most of the producer's links already, and just edited a bunch of cruft from the footballer's article. getting better around here. :) Aaronbrick 00:41, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Ideation

Any reason why you removed the tags and spam warnings from Ideation? --Ronz 02:51, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

hi ronz, the reason is that the text was not problematic in my eye. it's a well-known concept and doesn't make any claims that i thought needed verification at all. Aaronbrick 02:54, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply? What's to stop any editor from coming along, see no verification whatsoever, then erasing half of it because it's not verified? I'm reverting it, mostly to draw some attention to it in the hopes that someone will come up with some references. Otherwise, I see it as a dictionary definition that has no place in an encyclopedia. --Ronz 03:09, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

your reasoning is specious. lots of articles have no citations. if you want to file for deletion, do that instead of reverting a good-faith edit. Aaronbrick 03:34, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I'd rather let it sit with the tags for a while before filing it for deletion. Yes, lots of articles have no citations - I usually mark those I find with the unreferenced tag. I don't see any harm for having the tags. As for reverting a good-faith edit, I suppose I could see your edit as a revert of mine, so what's the point? We're both making good faith edits, we're both discussing out perspectives. --Ronz 03:45, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Ronz, I'm fine with your action here and I apologize for putting up a fuss. Aaronbrick (talk) 03:48, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

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hi nmajdan, i relicensed my photo under CC. hope this resolves the issue. Aaronbrick 20:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Wally and Osborne a.k.a. On the Rocks - in fact it meets WP:WEB

• Comment "The content is not distributed via a medium which is both well known and independent of the creators, either through an online newspaper or magazine, an online publisher, or an online broadcaster." - What about Funbrain? Funbrain [1], rank 4,200, serializes this series. EDIT: Wikipedia article is at FunBrain.com - By the way, the comic is printed here: http://www.funbrain.com/comics/comic_ontherocks.html WhisperToMe 05:23, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
• Comment Number 2 - Did you check to see how the title "On the Rocks" fared? I googled and I have these results: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22On+the+Rocks%22+webcomic+-wikipedia&btnG=Search - See, the title changed, so you may not get many hits with the new title. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22On+the+Rocks%22+%22Tyler+Martin%22+-wikipedia&btnG=Search gets 33,000 WhisperToMe 05:23, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

This as a Brick

Hi. I reverted your edit, mostly. This is because the information you added didn't directly pertain to the article. They can click on the John Milton link to find out they aren't related and adding a line makes the article more awkward. I did like your addition of "AKA" but I changed it to the more standard "a.k.a." since it is more clear than "or" was. Thanks. gren グレン 20:02, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

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Re: Reggie Rockstone

Hi, it's been deleted twice before, and I didn't see any assertion of nobility, but yes I encourage you to take it to DRV if you disagree. —Pilotguy push to talk 00:22, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

WP editability

I don't think I agree with your reasoning here. If you're writing about the editability of Wikipedia, you would say "And since the Wikipedia article about X is editable..." without that being a self-reference. You don't say "And since this Wikipedia article is editable..." - that's a self-reference. The fact that MyWikiBiz is editable is irrelevant to the article about MyWikiBiz - and even if it's not, the fact should be referred to at arm's length. Stevage 02:47, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

hi stevage, i must admit i don't understand the difference you are describing. please edit the policy to reflect what you think is the proper manner of "referring at arm's length". Aaronbrick 03:15, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

MywikiBiz

I highly recommend you read the recently posted comments on Talk:MyWikiBiz. I also recommend you read Jimbo Wales, because it explains how he is not technically the "founder" of wikipedia, but arguably the co-founder. Also, it shows the proper usage of "external links" as is clearly documented in WP:SELF. The use of "internal links" does not look good on mirrored versions of wikipedia or in any print editions that may be created. Danski14^_talk_ 06:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Also it is still arguably a "stub" on the basis of length (less then 5 sentences) and because it does not yet explain the current activities of the company. Sorry to revert your edits. I recommend putting further comments on the talk page.. as this is a contentious article. Danski14^_talk_ 07:00, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

thanks for the link. a cofounder is still a founder in my book, so i see no reason to debate that. the company has no current activities, so i don't see how the article would ever graduate from stub status. Aaronbrick 15:37, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, well I guess you can de-stub it if you want. Like I said, it's arguable. I don't know how much more information is available about MyWikiBiz. Gregory Kohs (user:mywikibiz) claims its still around, but like you said, I don't think theres anything more to report. And also, you were right about "antiethical". I didn't mean to cause any trouble there. Danski14^_talk_ 15:57, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I would regrettably support an RFC, yes. If that went nowhere, an ArbCom, I guess. the IAR deletions do more harm than good. - Denny 01:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

thanks, denny. i don't want any kind of mess or muck either, but clearly there are elements who believe strongly that they needn't consult the community about this. how could he miss all those "keep" statements in the AfD discussion? anyway, i haven't been involved in any of those escalated processes before. would you suggest how we should proceed? Aaronbrick 01:11, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I've never done one either, unfortunately. Every 'good' one I've seen has reams of evidence in links, so I guess start with that. - Denny 01:19, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Please do not act as a proxy for banned users.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 21:42, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

in what manner could you conclude that i had done so? please don't make baseless accusations. Aaronbrick 21:48, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I received an e-mail listing the two same sources you added to MyWikiBiz from Gregory Kohs, as did xyzzy_n. Gregory Kohs is banned. Your addition of these two sources to the article is considered acting as a proxy for Mr. Kohs.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 21:52, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I added the two sources of my own volition, without impetus from GK and according to my own research in google. Aaronbrick 22:11, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I find that extremely unlikely based on the e-mail I received from Kohs.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 22:24, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

He certainly has an agenda, but it is not congruent with mine. Aaronbrick 22:29, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

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A work that's no longer protected by copyright has entered the public domain. Here is a good article at Stanford University. Quote:

There are four common ways that works arrive in the public domain:

• expiration of copyright: the copyright has expired.
• failure to renew copyright: the owner failed to follow copyright renewal rules.
• dedication: the owner deliberately places it in the public domain.
• no copyright protection available: copyright law does not protect this type of work.

The thing with The Urantia Book is that the jury decided that Urantia Foundation wasn't the valid copyright holder, the so-called "Conduit" was.

With the book published in 1955, the law at the time specified an automatic copyright that lasted 28 years, with the option that it could be renewed by the copyright holder. Urantia Foundation, believing they legally held the copyright, filed a renewal when it was due in 1983, and went on to attempt enforcement.

But the jury decision was that only the so-called "Conduit" (or his heirs) could legally do this. He (or they) were in fact the legal copyright holder, and since they didn't renew, there was no valid renewal -- the Urantia Foundation filing was meaningless -- and therefore copyright protection ceased in 1983. Failure to renew copyright = "in the public domain". The article was correct saying the book is in the public domain.

From the court decision referenced in the article, this is the legal argument that the courts were trying to resolve:

"Thus, if The Urantia Book is a unified work, copyright transferred by operation of law to the Conduit's heirs in 1983, and they are the only persons who could have renewed or assigned it to Urantia Foundation. Because they did not renew the copyright, if The Urantia Book is a unified work, it now resides in the public domain."

And that is what the courts determined, it wasn't a composite work, it wasn't commissioned. It was a unified work -- so, it's in the public domain. Hope that makes the issue clearer, I know it's not the most straight-forward of legal situations. Wazronk (talk) 05:11, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi Wazronk! You assert that the courts determined the work was unified, but where is this cited? I don't see any such conclusion in the case text. Thanks! Aaronbrick (talk) 21:09, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Keep in mind, this wasn't to come to a judgment about whether there was copyright or not copyright of the book when it was published. It was to determine whether there was a valid renewal of the copyright in 1983.

Here is the original Oklahoma judgment [2]:

• "This action came on for trial before the Court and a jury, Honorable Lee R West, Senior District Judge, presiding, certain issues having been resolved by compromise and settlement, and the remaining issues having been duly tried and the jury having duly rendered its verdict, the Court ORDERS that JUDGMENT IS ENTERED 1) in favor of Michael Foundation on its claim of copyright invalidity against Urantia Foundation, 2) in favor of Michael Foundation on Urantia Foundation's counter-claim of copyright infringement and 3) in favor of Harry McMullan, III on Urantia Foundation's third-party claim of contributory copyright infringement. The Court further ORDERS and ADJUDGES that the United States registered copyright renewal (No. RE-384) held by the Urantia Foundation on The Urantia Book is invalid and unenforceable and that Michael Foundation and Harry McMullan, III be awarded their costs with respect to the copyright portion of this suit."

There were only two sides to this part of the legal argumentation -- either it should be considered a regular, unified work as most books are or a composite work as UF tried to claim (setting aside the "commissioned work" part of the case, since it's separate):

• "Urantia Foundation advances four arguments in support of its contention that The Urantia Book is a composite work as a matter of law: "....
• "Michael Foundation argues that the evidence indicates that The Urantia Book is, in fact, a unified literary work by a single author and not a compilation of works selected and arranged by a third party."

The stakes were as I already pointed out with a partial quote, here is the more complete paragraph from the appeals court findings: "Under the governing statute, if The Urantia Book is classified as a unified work by a single author, then Urantia Foundation cannot currently hold a valid renewal copyright because renewal rights in such works were not assignable until they vested, and the Conduit was dead by 1983. Thus, if The Urantia Book is a unified work, copyright transferred by operation of law to the Conduit's heirs in 1983, and they are the only persons who could have renewed or assigned it to Urantia Foundation. Because they did not renew the copyright, if The Urantia Book is a unified work, it now resides in the public domain."

The copyright renewal was held to be invalid and unenforceable, not the standard copyright protection of 28 years beginning in 1955 when it was published.

Since the renewal was invalid, the copyright protection ended 1983. There isn't a state of being "uncopyrighted" that a work goes into when its copyright protection ends, by law a work just falls into the public domain. All the best. Wazronk 21:24, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello again. Thanks for citing the Oklahoma case, which I didn't find earlier. I made another edit and didn't touch the words "public domain". I appreciate your explanations! Aaronbrick 01:13, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

No problem, happy to help. Thanks for the contribution to the article. Wazronk 03:20, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

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"these links are unhelpful" - I don't agree. They are were there precisely because they are were helpful - they pointed to a section that gave some information about those Lodges. (The relevant sections had bold entries before someone came along and "improved" the article.) Pdfpdf (talk) 01:29, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

disambiguation is for multiple articles covering topics with the same name. a bunch of (identical) internal links to the same article mean to me that there is no disambiguation needed. Aaronbrick (talk) 04:44, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

I think you're missing my point. However, I don't plan to change anything at the moment. Toodle-oo. Pdfpdf (talk) 08:45, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

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hello, you're right, though it wasn't for that reason. i'll get a new account wherever it takes if this project is ever reactivated. thanks for the notice. Aaronbrick (talk) 04:34, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

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