Wikipedia:Proposed guideline for magic methods: Difference between revisions

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*Marked as historical until TStone sees fit as to draw up the actual proposal, instead of a proposal for the proposal. [[User_talk:Radiant!|<b><span style="color:#DD0000;">&gt;<span style="color:#FF6600;">R<span style="color:#FF9900;">a<span style="color:#FFCC00;">d<span style="color:#FFEE00;">i</span>a</span>n</span>t</span>&lt;</span></b>]] 15:21, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

'''Note:''' A proper proposal will be posted here very soon. See talk page --[[User:TStone|TStone]] 19:08, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

'''Note2:''' Is it possible to rename this page, and change "policy" to "guideline"? --[[User:TStone|TStone]] 19:08, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

*Yes. [[User_talk:Radiant!|<b><span style="color:#DD0000;">&gt;<span style="color:#FF6600;">R<span style="color:#FF9900;">a<span style="color:#FFCC00;">d<span style="color:#FFEE00;">i</span>a</span>n</span>t</span>&lt;</span></b>]] 15:21, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

'''Note3:''' As quite a lot of people here seem to have the opinion: ''User TStone: Nobody cares about "history" or "origins" for tricks, really. We want to know the details.'', I think I have to start over from scratch, and take those opinions into account. No point having a guideline that are likely to be ignored anyway...tricky. --[[User:TStone|TStone]] 09:41, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

== Summary ==

The intellectual rights to magic methods are still not defined by the copyright laws. That doesn't mean that there are no such rights, just that they are on an ethical level instead of a legal level.

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When it comes to publishing of magic methods, I suggest that Wikipedia adapt and comply to the standards that are used by the respected publishers of magic technical litterature around the world. Those are the people who on a regular basis has to decide what is ethical to publish, and have evolved a set of rules that are quite clear and simple to follow.

I'm an author of magic litterature myself, and I can contact "[[Hermetic Press"]], "L & L Publishing", "Kaufman and Company" and then put together a guideline for the Wikipedia that are in agreement with the industry standard. If this is interesting, I can post it here within a few days. --[[User:TStone|TStone]] 16:39, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

This sounds like it could be very valuable. Please do so. [[User:Kleg|Kleg]] 17:56, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

: See the [[Wikipedia talk:Proposed policy for magic methods|discussion]] on this page for an example of what I propose. --[[User:TStone|TStone]] 23:45, 21 January 2006 (UTC)