Talk:Parry Aftab

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[edit] Possible copyright violation

This revision appears to be nothing but a copyvio of this biography on WiredSafety.org. The content has been trimmed down, and a small amount of original content has been added, and it has been wikified, but it still remains a copyvio. I've reverted it for the time being. Jude (talk,contribs,email) 13:36, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I am a new user here. I've known Parry Aftab since 1996 and am a WiredSafety volunteer. After seeing the biased short bio that was there, I felt a more complete and objective bio be created. I contacted Parry, asked for and received permisson to use the bio material on WiredSafety. This may be verified by e-mailing Parry at parry@aftab.com I should have included this information in the editing comments to avoid the misunderstanding.

In order to avoid any additional controversy, with the exception of a word or two, I let the existing material intact. It should be noted that based on the link and authorship of the Katie Jones section, it appears that both articles were written by Katie Jones, the person with whom the controvery arose. It was my understanding that it bad form to post one's own bio.

If necessary I can Parry's recreate it in my own words, but the essence will still be the same.

I am not sure how to revert to my edit of the bio. I would appreciate guidance in this procedure.

Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Awolinsky (talk • contribs) 14:37, April 7, 2006.

You need permission by wiresafety.org, not by Perry Aftab. 84.177.197.38 15:02, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Parry Aftab is the Executive Director of WiredSafety at the site, it states that all copyright permissions must go through her. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.38.40.195 (talk • contribs) 16:05, April 7, 2006.

I have figured out how to repost article and have done so under my login. If additional confirmation is required to prove that there is no copyright violation, I will be happy to supply it. Awolinsky 23:43, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi there! Sorry I hadn't responded sooner regarding the article, but I had gone to bed before I noticed that you had replied. For copyrighted content to be used on Wikipedia, permission needs to come from the owner of the copyright to release it under the terms of the GFDL, the text of which can be found here. When permission is granted, the person granting permission should be aware of the following points about the GFDL license:

1. The text or image may be freely redistributed and used.
2. It may be freely modified, and modified versions may also be freely redistributed and used.
3. Any redistribution must include the full text of the GFDL itself.
4. In all cases, the GFDL requires proper attribution of the author(s).
5. The GFDL allows commercial re-uses.

The owner doesn't give up any rights: they're still free to publish the text elsewhere or to license the same text to other parties under any other license. However, the requirement to include the full text of the GFDL with any redistribution makes stand-alone commercial reuse of the item unlikely in practice.

Finally, the full text of the permission from the copyright holder should be emailed to permissions at wikimedia dot org. Jude (talk,contribs,email) 00:45, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Understood... I have contacted Parry Aftab. An permission e-mail should be coming to Wikipedia from jollygreen at wiredsafety dot org, the Assistant Director of WiredSafety. Once sent, I'm not sure if I repost the article or will it be done by Wikipedia staff. I will make the leap of faith and repost it unless I hear otherwise in this discussion. Sorry this is getting to be such a ping pong game, but every cloud has a silver lining. At least I am getting experience in wiki editing mark up language. 68.38.40.195 14:11, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

The permission e-mail was sent three different time from three different accounts on three different servers. It bounced back as no relaying allowed in each case. I think it finally made it on the last attempt when I was asked to forward it. I will repost the biography. Please do not remove it. If there is a problem PLEASE e-mail me at awolinsky at 3dwriting.com and we will resolve this issue without feeling like a yo-yo. Thanks!68.38.40.195 23:51, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

We have recieved no email containing the text "Parry Aftab". If you are unable to send to permissions@wikimedia.org, you could try sending to info-en@wikimedia.org. I apologize for the inconvenience. // Pathoschild (_admin / ^talk) 00:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

It has been sent again to both addresses. As of this time, it has not bounced.68.38.40.195 01:02, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Permission

According to OTRS message 2006041110000559, we have permission to use the content. -- Zanimum 16:35, 11 April 2006 (UTC)