User talk:Timbookofmormon
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Again, welcome! John Vandenberg (chat) 04:49, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
license
[edit]Hi, I have been comparing Book of Mormon (Plain English Version)/Alma with plainbookofmormon.com/Alma.htm and found a striking resemblance. Is that your work/website, and are you happy to release your work under the {{GFDL}}? John Vandenberg (chat) 05:05, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
{{helpme}} yes plainbookofmormon.com is my project, and I am happy to have it here. —unsigned comment by Timbookofmormon (talk) 15:17, 28 January 2008.
That is really cool. You do realise that others will be able to edit your work, and change the wording? You will of course be able to contest undesirable changes, but you will need to at least consider different words proposed by contributors who honestly want to help.
As an example of how it would run, our Bible (Free) project is a collaborative translation. You can read some of their discussions here:
Those contributors work together very well, and I've not seen any bickering, but I want to be sure you are aware that donating it to a collaborative project has its drawbacks as well as its benefits. If there are any truely annoying people, administrators wont be far away to help sort things out, but sometimes well meaning discussions can cause a bit of lost sleep. John Vandenberg (chat) 05:29, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
headers & images
[edit]All of our pages have a header on them. I have tagged them with {{no header}}, which includes instructions on how to add the header.
You can upload images on our projects using "Special:Upload", however like our texts, your uploads must be licensed as free content. John Vandenberg (chat) 05:37, 28 January 2008 (UTC)