NaliniL
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Ordinarily, when a new user makes a useful edit, an experienced user will notice and add a "welcome" template like this one to the user's talk page. Your work on the Paramanda article was of such high quality that I did not recognize you as a new user, and I have never done a "welcome" before, So I didn't even think to do it here until I saw your "Help!" request. The welcome template has a few essential links that you will prpbably want to look at.
For most problems, you will generally get quicker and better responses by posting on the "help desk." Look at the side-bar on the left: there is a "help" link. However, please feel free to ask me for help at any time, especially if you prefer to work with a single person or if hte help system is not working for you.
You should probably create a user page, even if it is minimal. -Arch dude 01:23, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Gutenberg Author link edit
Hi! There is a Wikipedia project to add Gutenberg author links. The project has been running for at least three years. I have been adding linksto existing articles and occasionally adding articles about authors, since last October. I've added approximately 300 links so far.
If this book has a legitimate copyright that is valid in the US, then the copyright holder should contact Project Gutenberg and have the material removed.
In my opinion, until it is removed from Project Gutenberg, It is perfectly reasonable to link to it from Wikipedia. This is the first time I have heard of such a situation. Note that the existence of the link will cause an editor over at Project Gutenberg to eventually link from Gutenberg back to Wikipedia. I will go check the situation at PG further -Arch dude 23:08, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
- I just checked. The work at Project Gutenberg is the 1919 edition of "The Upanishads." The copyright on that edition has expired and the work is in the public domain. Therefore,there is no reason to remove the link. -Arch dude 23:18, 10 May 2007 (UTC) As a general rule, in the United States, anything published before 1923 is in the public domain. The rules for material published after 1923 are complicated. -Arch dude 23:18, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for your note. I'll check on my end about whether they've updated the copyright on all their books. He wrote a lot in the early 1900s and the Vedanta Centre still publishes and sells his titles. Thanks again. Nice to have your participation. NaliniL 00:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
- It does not matter whether the Centre renewed the copyright. There is an upper limit on the total copyright protection time, and no work that was published prior to 1923 is still protected. The Centre may publish updated editions that contain some or all of the public-domain material in addition to new material. Such a work is called a "derived work." A derived work can be copyrighted, but the copyright does not extend to the included public-domain material. Rather, the copyright covers the creative effort that was expended to arrange the derived work, plus any new material that was added. Similarly, although Swami Paramananda obtained a copyright on his translation, his copyright did not extend to the original Vedic texts. Incidentally, Project Gutenberg is hosted by Ibiblio.org, which is in North Carolina and is under US copyright law. US Copyright law was changed some time in the mid-1980's to bring it into alignment with the international Berne convention on copyright. Under that convention, all work is copyrighted by default, when written: no notice or registration is needed. The copyright by an individual expires a fixed time after it is written or another fixed time after the author's death. The "renewal" process you mentioned was in effect prior to the change in the law. A more recent cnahge in the law (instigated by the Disney corporation) effectively froze the cutoff date at 1923. -Arch dude 13:31, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
- Hi again. I'm getting a real education here....thanks so much for taking the time. This is all very useful and for the moment, I have no objection to the link. Thanks again. NaliniL 19:51, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
- It does not matter whether the Centre renewed the copyright. There is an upper limit on the total copyright protection time, and no work that was published prior to 1923 is still protected. The Centre may publish updated editions that contain some or all of the public-domain material in addition to new material. Such a work is called a "derived work." A derived work can be copyrighted, but the copyright does not extend to the included public-domain material. Rather, the copyright covers the creative effort that was expended to arrange the derived work, plus any new material that was added. Similarly, although Swami Paramananda obtained a copyright on his translation, his copyright did not extend to the original Vedic texts. Incidentally, Project Gutenberg is hosted by Ibiblio.org, which is in North Carolina and is under US copyright law. US Copyright law was changed some time in the mid-1980's to bring it into alignment with the international Berne convention on copyright. Under that convention, all work is copyrighted by default, when written: no notice or registration is needed. The copyright by an individual expires a fixed time after it is written or another fixed time after the author's death. The "renewal" process you mentioned was in effect prior to the change in the law. A more recent cnahge in the law (instigated by the Disney corporation) effectively froze the cutoff date at 1923. -Arch dude 13:31, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for your note. I'll check on my end about whether they've updated the copyright on all their books. He wrote a lot in the early 1900s and the Vedanta Centre still publishes and sells his titles. Thanks again. Nice to have your participation. NaliniL 00:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Response edit
Hi again.
I'm glad you like the place: I really enjoy hanging out here. It's more fun for me than TV or video games.
The "normal" convention appears to be that each correspondent responds on the other correspondent's talk page. This makes it very awkward when a third party wishes to join the conversation.
The alternative is for the first party to initiate the conversation on the second pary's talk page and add the second party's talk page to his watch list. To add a page to your wath list, simply hit the "watch" at the top of any page, or check the "watch this page" box (near the "minor edit" box} at the bottom. when you edit a page. If you do this, add "please respond here" to your message.
after your conversation is over, click the "unwatch" tab at the top of the page (the tab changes name from watch to unwatch.) Note that if you watch a page, you automatically watch its talk page, and vice versa.Most editors "watch" any page to which they have made major edits -Arch dude 23:35, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
- Once again, you're a terrific Wiki mentor. Thanks so much. btw, I started my user page, keeping it pretty brief. For me, TV has gotten a lot more fun now that we get Current TV (Al Gore's network which features viewer/user content) and satallite radio. I listen to the 1940s swing and jazz a lot because it's so relaxing and I can do my work at the same time. Thanks again, NaliniL 18:14, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
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Fancy meeting you here... edit
Well, what do you know... I was skimming through the edit history for KPFA, and suddenly a familiar name jumped off the page. I guess you're not a newbie any more, but "welcome aboard", all the same. Cgingold (talk) 03:50, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
- I'm still a newbie on Wikipedia...and thanks for saying hi! By the way, is Pacifica saved yet? I think not.....all the best, NaliniL
Adding refs edit
I see that you are the major contributor to the article : Swami Paramananda (Ramakrishna Mission). Can you pls add inline references to the article? Pls let me know if you need any clarifications. --Nvineeth (talk) 06:12, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
- Hi Nvineeth: I contribute to Wikipedia so infrequently that I forget the protocols, such as, whether you will see this reply or not!? Anyway, thanks for your note and I will definately get my references into the articles. Most were from the book by Lewinsky, "Bridge of Dreams", but I lent my copy to a friend and will have to wait until I have that back to refer to. Thanks again, NaliniL
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