User talk:200.71.186.102

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[edit] PROUT

I'm not "declaring war." I have no problems with there being an article on PROUT in Wikipedia; quite the contrary, in fact. However, Wikipedia has specific policies on copyright violations, and this is not the first time I've had to point out cases of wholesale lifting of text into a Wikipedia article. This is nothing against the organization or the person who posted it: I'm simply alerting the administrators to a copyright violation. If the copypaste was done with permission, there should be no problem.

Please feel free to discuss this on the article's talk page.

*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 21:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

I should also let you know that there's another article on the subject at PROUT. You may want to check that one out.

*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 21:49, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

*sigh* No one's trying to "mildly prohibit awareness spreading." However, copyvio is copyvio, and gets dealt with appropriately. The current situation works fine, as the disambiguation page directs to extant articles about PROUT (which, incidentally, you are encouraged to edit; there are few if any articles on Wikipedia that can't be improved).

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*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 18:58, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

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