Talk:Model Mugging
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[edit] Potential conflict of interest alert
Potential conflict of interest alert: I did not create the article found here, but I have begun to add material to it. However, I am a director and board secretary of Impact Bay Area, an organization that teaches model mugging. I hope to add to and clarify the usage of the terms "model mugging" and "Impact", provide neutral descrpitons of the terms and techniques embodied in "model mugging", and am also researching the history of model mugging and hope to include more information on same. It is not my intent to advertise my organization in particular, but I also realize that, like anyone involved in model mugging, I bring a potential bias to my thinking about the subject. Because I recognize the ptotential for a conflict of interest there, I welcome and encourage any appropriate criticism to my contributions. Joe Decker 13:17, 11 Mar 2005
[edit] Permission to post copyright material given
Permission has been given to post history info from http://www.impactbayarea.org/impact.php?About/history3.html given by Joe Decker, Secretary and Board of Director, Impact Bay Area in email of Friday, March 11, 2005 1:27 PM Petersam 04:43, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Fixes and Suggestions
- Generally wikipedia does not like external links within the article so I converted it to the prefered inline citations.
- If the site is in the references it should not be under the external links (so I removed the Bay area site).
- External Links should be one or two that add to the overall article. I would suggest trimming to perhaps one that gives a list of all locations. Maybe even getting rid of the section entirely and including a statement where the program has spread to with an appropriate citation.
- It is not enough to say you have permission - there is a complicated proceedure to go through and until then it is a copyright violation. I would just rewrite that small paragraph (in your own words). The reference takes you to the original in any case.
Hope this helps.Peter Rehse 05:03, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Those are all great suggestions. I have implemented your third suggestion of linking to a list of chapters (actually, two overlapping but non-equivalent lists) rather than making a chapter list. --Joe Decker 20:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Copyright Violation?
It looks like very much of this article (at least the beginning) is very much a copy of the material found at http://www.modelmugging.org/evolution.htm (and cited in the first reference).
Have the proper procedures been followed to get the permission of the copyright holder? (I mean, afaik, such permission is required in addition to citing the source.)
Rhkramer (talk) 20:33, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
