Wikipedia:Mirroring content

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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Elizabeth-II-of-the-United-Kingdom Nationmaster is one of those websites which, for some reason, is mirroring the wikipedia. They do credit their source. It is odd that they were the "Yahoo! Pick of the Day" but we arent. Pizza Puzzle

They're not just mirroring us. They have their own articles on nations (focused on stats) and then use us to get pages on things like bios of heads of state, like in this case. I don't understand people's hostility to our being mirrored - this is the whole point of being a free encylopedia. They're good about linking to us - they even link to our copy of the article, not just our main page. CGS 16:10, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC).

I'm happy to see content I wrote used elsewhere... but few of the sites that do it give me (or more collectively, Wikipedia) the credit I/it deserve. Do ANY of the mirroring sites follow the terms of our licence correctly? Pete 17:56, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Yes! This one does!! CGS 19:16, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC).

Really? At the bottom of the page their copyright notice says that Wikipedia content is GFDL'd but they reserve all rights to their 'elements'. It is arguable whether their content is derived from ours (depends exactly what their 'elements' are), but if it is derived, then it has to be GDFL'd too... as it is they can use our content but we cannot use theirs back which is part of the idea. Pete 19:23, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Their elements aren't modifications to our pages, they're seperate articles with stats on countries and things. On these articles, the Wikipedia copyright notices rightly does not appear. CGS 20:21, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC).

IANAL, but Pete - I suggest that if you believe that a third party (or indeed Wikipedia) is using your content in a way contrary to the terms of your license under the GFDL, then you write to them stating the problem. You may also wish to take legal advice on the matter. Martin 09:00, 22 Sep 2003 (UTC)