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this time slot. Why do you think the articles about female anatomy have such high page views, hmmm? I caught my boys plenty of times pretending they were doing something educational when they were actually studying the finer points of anatomy. I am NOT mocking any editors, cultures, genders, etc., etc.,
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Well, things probably haven't changed much, at least in my little corner of Western civilization. If Knowledge had been around in the 1990s, you can bet my boys would be learning details about female anatomy and bathroom humor. They would have enjoyed Knowledge's articles on food and nutrition while
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I sometimes find myself slipping down the rabbit hole and landing into the realm of the third-grade-wikipedia-reader. I can't help it since I had the privilege of raising four boys who always had dirty faces. They were connoisseurs of all things 'gross' and would laugh endlessly about the jokes they
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No. US copyright law has never, ever required that every separable bit of a work be festooned with copyright warnings. A book might be marked once; that does not give the average yut on Knowledge the right to excerpt all but that page as PD. Yes, copyright law is complex, but this aspect isn’t, and
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We forget that a large numbers of our readers are boys who are bored. They are mired in school much of the of the day and can only fall into their default mischievous mode when they arrive in their computer lab at 10 am so their homeroom teacher can get a break. Vandalism rates also increase during
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Every component piece of a work needn’t have a little circled ”cee” plastered on it, and just because you can find a copy of something with the signature airbrushed, or photoshopped, off doesn’t mean it is free for the taking.
865:, 'semi'-revived? I would hesitate before belittling a lot of work that has been put in to reviving the last two issues by a team of mostly new contributors and editorial staff who think it's worth keeping going. 143: 113: 423:– I know Wikimania has already been hosted in Italy but ATTENTION all organizers we really need to go back there to participate in this event. It would be worth the inconsistency of rotating conference sites. 332:– I am actually willing to try these. I don't anticipate that I will enjoy picking the little ant legs out between my teeth. These are so good that fans dig down two meters through the soil to find them. 816:
I dunno if it's a good omen, starting the semi-revived Signpost out with a blatant copyright violation. Hilda, there, the gal stomping grapes, is from the 60's, not the 30s. 22:23, 24 May 2018(UTC)
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This applies to the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of 70 years after the work was made available to the public and the author never disclosed their identity."
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Warning: Some readers will find this article tasteless. I can understand this sentiment and you will feel better and less queasy by skipping it and leaving your comments afterwards.
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Thanks boss for sticking up for me. I think Hilda might be notable enough for her own article. There really are some days when I actually feel semi-revived. Best Regards,
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suggests otherwise, don't it? American, not French, claimed, not anonymous, &cet. The good news is that if anyone gets in deep trouble the
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I know no more damning criticism, once people are past primary school, than praising something based on the input rather than the output.
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Just read the first paragraph. You will find it to be quite profound. If you can get past the first four sentences, good for you.
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Bellows, Alan (2009). "A Booger A Day Keeps The Doctor Away: A Medical Doctor Describes the Health Benefits of Nose-Mining".
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made up about bodily functions. What does any of this have to do with the English Knowledge (you ask)?
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This just in: This newly expanded article is now on the docket for the 4/1/2019 DYKs. I am so proud.
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https://xtools.wmflabs.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/World_Pie_Eating_Championship#top-editors
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culture and only propose that different types of food strike me as funny and incomprehensible.
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require a copyright notice. But this conversation should not be continued here. ☆
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Play with your food: Down the rabbit hole into the realm of third-grade minds.
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Am I the only one to notice that València is not in Italy (Tomatina)?--
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Did you really have to use the word 'deliciously'? I am quite queasy.
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Alien Hand Syndrome: And Other Too-Weird-Not-To-Be-True Stories
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US copyright law is complex. Read the Cornell link above (
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If this is in error, please nominate it for deletion. ☆
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Still likely to be PD if there was no copyright notice
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Are you sure about that? It is marked PD in Commons:
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