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Title: My Interstate Directory (Made with the Wikipedia Book Creator is realesed
Post by: simguy228 on November 25, 2009, 03:34:49 PM
Here are the versions availble
Vol. 1 Interstates 4-12:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Book&bookcmd=download&collection_id=59303d7f8469df9e&writer=rl&return_to=Special%3ABook (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Book&bookcmd=download&collection_id=59303d7f8469df9e&writer=rl&return_to=Special%3ABook)
Title: Re: My Interstate Directory (Made with the Wikipedia Book Creator is realesed
Post by: roadfro on November 25, 2009, 03:47:54 PM
It looks like you simply put Wikipedia articles into PDF format...
Title: Re: My Interstate Directory (Made with the Wikipedia Book Creator is realesed
Post by: simguy228 on November 25, 2009, 03:51:13 PM
Yeah but it was the simpilest way to do it... Wikipedia Book creator
Title: Re: My Interstate Directory (Made with the Wikipedia Book Creator is realesed
Post by: rawmustard on November 25, 2009, 03:55:36 PM
Quote from: simguy228 on November 25, 2009, 03:51:13 PM
Yeah but it was the simpilest way to do it... Wikipedia Book creator

The thing is, though, that you shouldn't call it yours, since anyone else could've gone through the same steps to make that PDF.
Title: Re: My Interstate Directory (Made with the Wikipedia Book Creator is realesed
Post by: simguy228 on November 25, 2009, 03:58:46 PM
You may be right. I should license it as everybodie's
Title: Re: My Interstate Directory (Made with the Wikipedia Book Creator is realesed
Post by: agentsteel53 on November 25, 2009, 05:30:17 PM
Quote from: simguy228 on November 25, 2009, 03:58:46 PM
You may be right. I should license it as everybodie's

congrats, you have just been licensed as goodbye.  Your contributions have made the forum a far worse place, and linking silently to a PDF was the last straw.

(in all seriousness, it was the stealing of copyrighted material which was strike 3.)