Talk:Jo Kittinger
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[edit] Speedy deletion contested
A quick google test[1] seems to indicate that person is a little notable, listed on Amazon [2][3], not a best selling author, but ... Equendil Talk 01:23, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Alright, I had a look at her website, her bibliography which I added here, looks good enough to me, so that's a keep as far as I'm concerned. Wouldn't want genuine authors to have their wikipedia entry deleted, more than enough frauds out there. Equendil Talk 01:49, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Wikified the entry, looks like a proper stub now. I'm setting it free. Equendil Talk 02:03, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Copyright
I shamefully copy/pasted a small and neutral paragraph from the author's site, which was promptly removed for copyright reasons. Seeing as I'm stubborn and didn't see the need for altering the wording, I e-mailed the author instead, requesting permissions to include content on wikipedia, which was kindly answered and reproduced below :
> I welcome your expansion of my entry. I just checked what had already been done and see that there > is one error that needs to be corrected. > The statement below: > "She also serves on the Alabama State Board for Cerebral Palsy, standing up for states citizens > who have suffered under the same affliction which ailed her eldest son." > > Should be revised to read more along the lines of: > "She also serves as a representative of Hoover, AL on the board of the Mental Retardation/ > Developmental Disabilities Health Care Authority of Jefferson Co.,Inc., standing up for Alabama > citizens who live under afflictions similar to Cerebral Palsy, which ailed her eldest son." > > Let me know if any questions arise. You also have my permission to reproduce our communication. > Jo S. Kittinger > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <fmaster@linhost132.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net> > To: <jskittinger@spamproof.bellsouth.net> > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 10:01 PM > Subject: Message from JoKittinger.com > > >> NAME: <name removed for anonimity>. >> SCHOOL: no school >> EMAIL: email.removed@gmail.com >> MESSAGE: Hi, >> >> I am an (adult) editor of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia based on collaborative writing >> (www.wikipedia.org) where another editor started a biographical entry about your person >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Kittinger), which I wanted to expand. I\'m requesting permission >> to use material from your this site (\"About Jo\" section) for incorporation into Wikipedia, >> knowing that all content on Wikipedia is under \"copyleft\" licencing >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights). In case of a positive answer to my request, >> I also request permission to reproduce our communication. >> >> Sincerely yours, >> >> <name removed for anonimity>. >>
