# Question for (gulp)Ed Zotti or a Admin
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [August 6, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626 "2002-08-06T16:10:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/1 "2002-08-06T16:10:48Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=129348](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=129348)
In that thread you removed my link to the **WallyM7’s** memorial page because of a copyright issue.
Does this mean that nobody can link to that page. A link that was the banner for a few weeks and every now and then is handy when somebody asks who **WallyM7** was?
No fight intended here just clarifcation as I know some people have the link in their sigs and I have posted it several times on the board.
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### Author:  [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/2 "2002-08-06T16:18:03Z")
> [@](#):
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> _Originally posted by Ed Zotti_
> **We removed that thread after we got a copyright beef from the original author, who, suffice it to say, was not Wally.**
:eek:
Does that mean **Wally** didn’t write _Wally Tries Cybersex_?
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/3 "2002-08-06T16:20:05Z")
He didn’t. It’s been talked about before. **WallyM7** changed it to add his name.
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/4 "2002-08-06T16:52:42Z")
I’ve asked for clarification about the removed linked in the following thread.
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=129391](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=129391)
I started it in the pit because I’ve seen many a post by a mod/Admin saying that that’s were they should go.
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/5 "2002-08-06T16:56:12Z")
The above post was meant to go into the ATMB thread.
Too many windows open and not enough brain cells to deal with them 🙂
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### Author:  [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/6 "2002-08-06T19:51:43Z")
I’m so disappointed! ☹
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### Author:  [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/7 "2002-08-06T21:03:36Z")
And you couldn’t handle this through e-mail because…?
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/8 "2002-08-06T21:34:07Z")
Yes, y’all are correct. Ed removed the link.
As we wish our own copyrights to be respected, we must respect others.
your humble TubaDiva
Administrator
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### Author:  [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/9 "2002-08-06T21:38:00Z")
Is there a reason why it _should_ be handled in e-mail?
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### Author:  [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/10 "2002-08-06T22:03:21Z")
yojimbo writes:
> [@](#):
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> Does this mean that nobody can link to that page. A link that was the banner for a few weeks and every now and then is handy when somebody asks who WallyM7 was?
No, you can link to the page. This was a special case. The thread header referred specifically to Wally’s cybersex posting. Clicking on the link got you to the memorial page, where a link to the cybersex posting was prominently featured. We have no objection to a link to the Wally page, we just didn’t care to have it explicitly used as a gateway to an item we’ve been called on in the past.
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### Author:  [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/11 "2002-08-07T06:41:52Z")
Jesus. I thought I was the only one who figured out that 99% of Wally’s posts were plagiarized. I brought this up about two years ago.
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### Author:  [@jane\_says](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jane_says)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2002, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/12 "2002-08-07T07:29:28Z")
**Demo** , have I been whooshed?
Really? Wally was a plagiarist??? :eek:
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### Author:  [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2002, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/13 "2002-08-07T08:23:55Z")
Sadly, yes.
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2002, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-gulp-ed-zotti-or-a-admin/122626/14 "2002-08-07T08:24:41Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by JavaMaven1 \*
> \*\*And you couldn’t handle this through e-mail because…? \*\*
I didn’t handle it by e-mail because as I said in the OP because it’s not just me who has posted the link. It’s a link in several peoples sig. and it’s been posted a lot of times. I also wasn’t starting a fight I was just asking a question.
> [@](#):
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> by Ed Zotti
> No, you can link to the page. This was a special case. The thread header referred specifically to Wally’s cybersex posting. Clicking on the link got you to the memorial page, where a link to the cybersex posting was prominently featured. We have no objection to a link to the Wally page, we just didn’t care to have it explicitly used as a gateway to an item we’ve been called on in the past.
Thank you for answering.
Asked and answered. Could a passing Mod be so kind and shut this down.