User talk:Mdennis (WMF)

Font for logo

Hi, I'm a graphic worker and now there is a need for a Pashto Wikivoyage Logo. It's very hard to get the information on which font to use. This should be easy to obtain but is not so. All the different logos with this and other needed information should be in one place.
Do you know if there is such a place or can we create it?
I think the font is Lenka, is that correct? Please ping me, thanks --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:50, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: Hello! The logos page on Meta-Wiki has the most information on Meta-Wiki about all of the logos. According to the page about the Wikivoyage logo linked to from the logos page, the font used in the current logo is Gill Sans Bold. Adding info about the wordmarks and fonts to the logos page on Meta-Wiki seems reasonable to me if you are interested in starting that effort. :) --GVarnum-WMF (talk) 18:58, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for that information. But why does it say Lenka on this page, and you have written further down, confusing? --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:44, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

I've a question for you

For fun I typed into the google search bar a line from a tv episode synopsis I had added to Wikipedia just to see what the returns were. As I expected, there is a wikia page with the synopsis, but there are also a few other pages such as this one on steam, this one on vudu, these on Amazon, and these on apple. I recognize all of the descriptions for the episodes for season 1 and 2 because I wrote them, but I see know where on the pages in question a disclaimer that the information came off Wikipedia. Correct me if I am wrong, but under the terms of the CC-by-SA 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, aren't these groups legal obligated to include a notice that the information came off Wikipedia? TomStar81 (Talk) 21:14, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Yes they are TomStar81. Per the terms of the license and WP:REUSE there must be some sort of attribution or it is in violation of the copyright license. Attribution can be as simple as a link to the article in question. If you find material is in violation of the Creative Commons copyright you can send them one of the various letters located at WP:Takedown. Please note, that in order to do so you must have been a "major contributor" to the text (which seems to be the case here). Violations of this sort are sadly very common and very few people actually follow up and attempt to enforce the terms of the license so a lot of reusers don't know that they did anything wrong (or simply don't care). --Majora (talk) 21:29, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

@Majora: Is this something best suited for a/the Wikimedia legal team, or is this something that is best handled by me? TomStar81 (Talk)

If you are the creator of the text it is best suited for you to do it. If it gets to that point, only the creator can send legally binding DMCA takedown notices. I don't believe that WMF-Legal can help you in that regards since they wouldn't own the copyright to that text. The creator (AKA you) would. Part of the reason that these violations go unenforced is because we would have to get the creator(s) to followup. Which is hard in the best of circumstances. --Majora (talk) 21:38, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

@Majora: Alright then, I'll dust off the artillery and get it aimed in this general direction. Need to do some additional checking first to be 100% sure that there's no small notice on one single disclaimer page somewhere that notes that the information used on site may or may not have come off Wikipedia. Thank you for the help on this matter, I do appreciate it. TomStar81 (Talk) 21:42, 16 January 2018 (UTC)