Talk:Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC)

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[edit] COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

I have created the ILAC article in wikipedia and added a link to ILAC webpage, which seems to be to source of the problem. I have not commited a copyright infringment since the ILAC webpage and its content is a public good and access free. Can the administrator help me to have the ILAC article available?

Wikipedia must act to protect to the copyright of ILAC; it is a legal obligation to do so.

I am not an administrator, but I marked the web page as being a copyright infringement, because it contained copies from the ILAC web page. It is not the link, but the fact that the article is a copy of the web page. Copying a web page is a copyright infringement unless

• the web site contains information granting use of the content under a suitable license for any purpose; or
• the web site is free of copyright (for example works of the US government are free of copyright, but this is not true of all governments); or
• specific permission from the copyright holder is sent officially to Wikipedia.

This permission must allow any use for any purpose (subject to a credit). In general, permissions do not work well for Wikipedia articles.

I think a better alternative would be a complete rewrite. The article was like an advert for ILAC, and was also difficult to understand because of a lack of context. If you would like to propose a new article, you can follow the special link on the article page to do that. I would have done that, but I could not understand the article. Notinasnaid 09:22, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Now I understand what the problem is. I will rewrite the entire article and place a link to the webpage. Could you pleare remoce the copyright infringement mark? Thanks

Now the mark is there, it can only be removed by an administrator. But you can prepare the new article using the instructions on the page ("To write a new article..."). I would like to suggest that you take a look at the entries for some similar bodies, so that the article can be in the style expected by Wikipedia (for example: no top heading; first paragraph needs to explain the concept for a reader completely unfamiliar with it; link to existing articles like grass roots and CGIAR; summarize aims rather than copy mission statements; acknowledge the context, competitors, and any criticisms to preserve a neutral point of view.) It is not always easy for an experienced writer to switch to the voice needed here, but it is worth trying. I hope this helps. Notinasnaid 13:17, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

I have started a new article following the instructions. It is now under "Editing Talk:Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC)/Temp". Waiting the administrator to move the temp article into place.--CSette 08:00, 24 November 2006 (UTC)