Talk:Genetic epistemology

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We are trying to expand Wikipedia by creating a page on the theory of Genetic Epistemology. We are a Learning Theories class and I, the instructor, and the class are trying to learn how to use Wikipedia better. We'll explore how to correctly cite the appropriate sources and the improve the article as soon as possible. Thank you for hanging on to the page.

[edit] Response from my talk page

First of all, what you're trying to do is cool; in my first year of university, I was in a Digital Arts class that did something similar. Now, the immediate problem is the apparent copyright violation. The best way to fix that is to simply paraphrase the text from the website. You could use a word-for-word copy only if that text was released under a GFDL compatible license (see the copyright policy for more). That permission/declaration must be given by the author on the website. When that is sorted out, you may remove the speedy deletion tag (as well as the hangon tag) from the page. (Technically, Riboldipj (talk · contribs) him/herself is not allowed to remove it because he/she created the article). As long as the admins know that you are working to improve the page, they will not delete it but you should do your best to sort out the copyright problem as quickly as possible.

Other than that, just try to stick to the manual of style. I don't want to tell you to do anything that conflicts with the objectives of your project but everything should comply with Wikipedia's policies although I doubt that will be a problem. ~Enviroboy^Talk_Contribs - 01:56, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

I almost forgot to mention: please sign your posts on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~) that just makes conversations easier to follow. ~Enviroboy^Talk_Contribs - 01:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] what next

I removed the tag from the article after commenting out the apparent copyvio (using <!-- --> tags. But as a teacher you should b more aware of copyright--the page cannot be assembled by finding test in other sources an then inserting pieces of it (I have some doubts about the rest also). The students in the class must first read the material and understand it, and then write about it in their own words and their own paragraph organization--it is not enough just to reword it. It's not just a matter of citing the sources better--it's a matter of doing one's own writing. Please see WP:FIRST for information about how WP articles should be written. I'll be glad to help further. DGG (talk) 11:00, 26 October 2007 (UTC)