Forum:Lost author list on WP

A user on the Psychology wiki brought our attention to an issue with Wikipedia and the GFDL. We had copied over an article in good faith and linked to WP with the template saying the list of authors was available there. Subsequently that article was moved on WP and access to the list of original authors lost. Does this violate the terms of the license? Could WP think about preserving the list of authors somehow? I append their comments to show the strength of feeling evoked. This article is stolen property. It is plagiarized and does not cite the original authors.

At the bottom of the article page is a claim that the article originated from Wikipedia. A link claims to point to a Wikimedia Foundation publication titled "Truth theory" but instead points to an article published by the foundation titled "Truth". An effort to navigate past Wikimedia Foundation's attempts to steer Internet traffic leads to the page where attribution to the charitable donors who wrote this article should be found. . Instead of the truth about who really wrote the article, we find there but one lone entry, attributing the article vandalized and destroyed by Wikimedia Foundation to the very Wikimedia Foundation administrator who vandalized and destroyed the donation.

I don't know how the original authors of this article feel about having their work first vandalized and destroyed by the Wikimedia Foundation, then stolen for publication by a for-profit company. Wikia, Inc. hosts and collects advertising revenues from this "psychology wiki." The product Wikia uses to generate advertising revenue includes this intellectual property donated to Wikimedia Foundation, destroyed by Wikimedia Foundation, then republished by a for-profit company owned by the president of Wikimedia Foundation. Screenname546 00:04, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

The preservation of acknowledgement is an important issue. Comments? Ideas?Dr Joe Kiff 07:39, 3 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I expect any Wikipedia administrator can find those authors. Can you (as I can) access this deleted history? I'll copy some authors if you can't. (Maybe this - the history of the Truth page - helps a bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Truth&action=history). Robin Patterson 10:38, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Robin. Unfortunately the deleted history is only accessible to an administrator. A full copy would be helpful to settle the point at issue.Dr Joe Kiff 23:36, 5 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Done - see http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Truth_theory/Wikipedia_page_history
 * Individual edits can be dragged out in much the same way if really necessary! Robin Patterson 01:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)