Wikipedia Hosting My Copyrighted Mineral Survey Research Without Attribution
I had an opportunity today to catch up and chat with Loyal Olson today about what else….mineral surveys. He mentioned during the conversation that I had been really busy lately posting on Wikipedia. I told him that I have never posted anything on Wiki.
He said that apparently someone else posted my research and CFedS course materials from a 2020 live presentation (all live-presentation continuing education courses were discontinued when CFedS 2.0 was implemented) were splattered all over a Wiki article on “Binger Hermann.”
Steve Parrish and I freely shared these materials with other surveyors, but we retained the copyrights to our research and writings. Two Wiki contributors posted several plats and GLO Departmental Letters without attribution other than a link to the CFedS home page. I made those scans at the Denver Regional National Archives in my “spare” time.
I’m not sure how to protest and get the copyrighted materials removed from Wikipedia. I didn’t get much help from my initial search of Wikipedia. From the “View History” tab, Wiki lists the two contributors, er….I mean intellectual property thieves as Pazzo00 and Wandhlder9. I hope neither is a CFedS
If anyone has suggestions on how I should proceed to get my intellectual property permanently removed from Wikipedia and find out the thieves real names, I’d be appreciative.
I talked to Loyal just after a great conversation with Wendell this afternoon about starting an RPLS.com Spaces as a place to host my mineral survey research. Talk about having spidey senses about the need to collaborate with Wendell.
Wendell and I also talked about the future possibility of offering CE courses on RPLS.com. Thank you Wendell. As a start, I’d like to offer a mineral survey course without compensation to myself. The cost of the course will be an appropriate donation(s) to RPLS.com.
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- This discussion was modified 5 months ago by gene-kooper.
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