Tp1024
I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Emsdetten suicide note, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree with the notice, discuss the issues at Talk:Emsdetten suicide note. You may remove the deletion notice, and the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached, or if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria. Benn Newman 21:18, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
I guess this is an automatically generated message. (On Emsdetten_suicide_note You say there is insufficient licencing information to the contribution. I'm not an expert in the field, but the translation was done by me and I would like to contribute it. The original was published on the internet by the amokrunner (though soon deleted by the ISP and republished on various pages including indymedia.de and heise.de, I translated the latter publication.) What can I do to clarify the licensing situation?
Tp1024 17:42, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
You can explain why you have sufficient rights to create a derivative work. --Benn Newman 22:07, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Doesn't Christmas sound like a wonderful time to take a dive into American Copyright legislation? - I'll need some time to get more information on the issue. The only good points in my favor, that I found in a first glance over the article, was the fact that he problably won't be able to sue me ;-) (I know, his relatives could) and that the letter was clearly intended to be published. (Which not necessarily includes translation ...)
Merry Christmas Tp1024 23:22, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
To save you the trouble, users on the English Wikisource (which would be the proper place, not Wikipedia) looked for reasons why suicide notes would be public domain. We didn't find any. You can try to get permission from his relatives. I'm not sure they'd want to freely license it though. s:User:newmanbe/Granting permission may be of assistance. --Benn Newman 23:53, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Well, this is a bit of a different case. Most suicide notes are not published prior (a couple hours) to the suicide. And the note explicitly mentions the authors intention of it being published and spread.
"Since I know, that the “fascolice” (fascist police) will not want to publish my videos, school workbooks, diaries – everything, I took care of that myself."
I don't mean nidpicking, but I'd say that this is a difference to what people usually have in mind, when it comes to suicide notes. That is: a private note intended as an explaination for the suicide to relatives, friends and whom else it may concern - in any case a limited number of people, quite unlike what this notes author had in mind. Tp1024 11:33, 19 December 2006 (UTC)