Talk:28 Fundamental Beliefs

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23. Christian views of marriage - Does that article need expanding?

19. 10 Commandments - Anything else for 19?

21. Stewardship (theology) - This needs serious expansion.

16. Eucharist - How about this?

Also, this article should outline differences (if any) between Adventist teaching and those in the articles referenced in one-two sentences. But good start. Shinhan 20:18, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to the editor who recently expanded the beliefs by copying portions of the fundamentals. Unfortunately I believe this is a copyright violation, as I doubt the fundamentals are issued under the GNU Free Documentation License used by Wikipedia. Quotations may be alright, but not of this magnitude. Please rewrite them leaving a brief summary. Regards, Colin MacLaurin 12:07, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have a different problem with this: The addition is unsourced, so we can't verify either that it is an accurate representation of what the source says, or what the copyright of the source is. If (for instance) the source is a pre-1937 US source, or it is released into the public domain, quoting it is OK. But without a source, it shouldn't be on Wikipedia.

(The 1st link under "references" has them, (c) 2006, no usage rights granted - but in a form that makes what's here a significantly summarized version. So not QUITE a copypaste job.) --Alvestrand (talk) 19:06, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have returned that section to how it was before the editor copied the text in. We can't quote a copyrighted source like that - you'll need to write synopses in your own words. --Spike Wilbury ♫ talk 15:50, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:36, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

COPYrisk: The doctrine of God

The section "The doctrine of God" is a straight copy from SDAC: Fundamental Beliefs, which is copyrighted. I don't know if this is a WP:COPYVIO (illegal!), but even if it isn't, it would be much better to have a text that reformulates the text and places it in an encyclopedian context. Rursus dixit. (^mbork³!) 15:13, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]