Talk:Hillary Rodham senior thesis

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[edit] Linking to the document

Wasted Time, I see that you've twice removed links to the thesis, stating that it is probably a copright-violation copy. I understand why you would not post material here that might violate a copyright, but does the same logic lead you not to link to a document that has been posted elsewhere? In other words, the availability of the thesis online is notable.KillerAsteroids 01:40, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Copyrights#Linking_to_copyrighted_works: "If you know that an external Web site is carrying a work in violation of the creator's copyright, do not link to that copy of the work." Many external links to YouTube have been removed under this rule, for example. It applies in this case too. Wasted Time R 01:54, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Wasted, thanks for your explanation. I should have found that on my own! Though you might consider noting in the article that copies have been posted on the Web in violation of copyright; you could note that fact without linking to them.KillerAsteroids 17:11, 10 October 2007 (UTC)