User talk:Mindspillage

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Problem with IP editor

Hi. I really need some administrator-to-administrator advice. Can you offer your opinions on Question 2 - 5 that I've posed at the top of this discussion?

Everyone else participating there is only focusing on Question 1, which I thought would be answered more quickly and straightforwardly, and is already being discussed at Talk:Kobe Bryant sexual assault case If you want to offer your insights on Question 1 as well, can you do so there? Thanks! Nightscream (talk) 05:13, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm not the best person to opine here--it looks like a few other admins have commented, but it seems like the sort of thing you might post on the BLP noticeboard instead. Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 22:47, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Interpretation of Template:MultiLicenseWithCC-BySA-Any?

Hi Mindspillage, it's been a while since I've posted here! I hope you are well. I need some help with understanding this template as it is used in a lot of places. This template makes it easy to license contributions simultaneously under both the Creative Commons Attribution "Share-Alike" and "Non-Commercial Share-Alike license". However, I think these licenses are incompatible with each other and I feel something should be done to clarify whether this is true or otherwise. My concern is that we have a number of contributors at Wikiversity licensing learning materials partly inspired by this template for years now. I'd like to be able to suggest something concrete to these users about what to do now that at Wikiversity we have some awareness of a potential problem down the road. --HappyCamper 16:23, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Greetings! I don't think this sort of multi-licensing presents a problem. So long as the material is licensed under at least one license that is acceptable for the projects (generally CC-BY-SA or CC-BY), whichever other license the author also chooses to release it under doesn't matter.

When you contribute material to a Wikimedia project, you allow Wikimedia to host it under the terms of the acceptable free license. But that license is not exclusive—you may grant anyone else any other license you choose, but the recipient is always free to use it under the terms of the license of the project it is posted on, too. Cheers, Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 03:30, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

OK, thank you so much. This clarifies things a lot. Is it OK if I refer other Wikimedians to your post whenever similar questions come up? --HappyCamper 05:35, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Possible BLP family member issue directed to OTRS

Hi

I wondered if it is possible you could advise on this matter, User_talk:Guillom#Possible_BLP_family_member, if Guillom does not respond in the next 24 hours or so.

Links are: original edit, article, and user's page.

Thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 14:18, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Greetings! It's best if I don't get involved in the specifics of BLP complaints. Referring them to the OTRS agents for handling details involving personal inforamation is generally a good idea, though. You can also use the BLP noticeboard to get experienced eyes on a issue. Cheers, Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 03:35, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for looking at it, I will mention it over there if anything else happens or Guillom doesn't get back to me. I was mainly interested to see if I had done the right thing and if further action should have been taken by me - thanks once again :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 10:28, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Greetings back :)

Hi Kat/Mindspillage - I know we've crossed paths in the past, so it's lovely to see you again. I'm still here, still check in 3-4 times a week, still mainly edit as an IP. I actually wiki-bumped into Mav the other day - so I'm not the only dinosaur around.

I love your "how to win an argument" - I've read it before and chuckled. I disagree vehemently with Point 7 however - there's no "assumption" in play, I am clearly more intelligent than my opponent, and can provide WP:RS to that effect (aka, my own opinion, which is obviously reliable, because I am more intelligent, QED). All the best, Manning (talk) 03:49, 22 January 2012 (UTC)