Talk:Textbook of Psychiatry

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[edit] Copyright?

It always makes me suspicious when I see an anonymous user post 300K of text with very few edits. It usually means the editor is doing a cut and paste from a copyrighted resource, but it is possible that the author has written the text offline and then pasted it into Wikibooks. I have been unable to find anything on the web that this may have been taken from, so I have taken no action other than to request clarification.

Where did this text come from? Please understand that we cannot accept copyrighted materials here unless we have permission from the author(s). Please respond in the next couple of days, or this text may be deleted from Wikibooks. --Jomegat (talk) 13:22, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Right, the text is being authored offline and then pasted into Wikibooks.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.240.92.235 (talk • contribs) 19:02, April 2, 2009.

[edit] Who can Edit

Looking at some of the recent history of this work:

This volume on Psychiatry is currently in the initial stages of development. Initial material has been sourced from Wikipedia.

In order for the GFDL to be properly respected (and therefore, for the inclusion of material licensed under the GFDL to be legal), we need to from know which Wikipedia articles this was drawn. We can then do an edit history merge so that proper attribution can be made.

This volume on Psychiatry is currently in the initial stages of development. Contributions to date have, however, been made by experts in their fields (see below). Feel free to contact them with suggestions for change, but please do not make edits yourself.

This flies in the face of the policies we have here at Wikibooks. The very first sentence of our front page says that "anyone can edit" the books developed here. If you are not willing to allow others to make edits, you should probably look for a different wiki to host this material.

--Jomegat (talk) 21:18, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

I have to admit to being new at this. However, my impression was that some of the textbooks do allow for assignment of authors. What other wikis would be more appropriate to host this material? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.240.92.235 (talk • contribs) .

Part of what makes Wikibooks work is that anyone can edit any page (or as close to that as we can get). By restricting who can edit, you lose the whole point of a wiki. I'll simply remove the text noted above & we will allow anyone to edit.  — Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 22:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

OK, fair enough. Thank you, however, for retaining the author names. I think this is important for several reasons. First, readers, particularly practising clinicians, want to be assured of the expertise of the authors. Second, writers, particularly those in academia, want some acknowledgement of their contributions. It will be interesting so see the quality of future edits, and whether authors are happy with these.

[edit] Need to split into chapters

This book desperately needs to be split into chapters. If you need help doing this, don't hesitate to ask. --Jomegat (talk) 19:39, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

OK, how to do this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.240.92.235 (talk • contribs) .

I'll do it for you.  — Mike.lifeguard | ^talk 22:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC)