I can report for duty after my ALE

[Joshua Yu]

Now I'm struggling with my HKALE: Hong Kong Advanced Level Examinations. After the fight, I can have more time to stay here and for any contribution. I can write articles of musical experience and recommendations as I have really listened to not few pieces. Or if you guys agree, I can start my work in translating. I mean to translate every article into Chinese so that I can ask more of my peers to visit. (You have to know not much Chinese like to read English.) Would this be helpful for you guys?

[MaestroX]

This would be very benificial to the encyclopedia. You are very most welcome to help out and we are very glad to recieve it.

[Jonty]

This is a wonderful opportunity of the global effect that we could have with Music-Web.

Good stuff.

[Joshua Yu]

I'm glad that you are welcome for my suggestions. I will try my very best. But, after my HKALE!

The other thing I would like to know is about the copyright.
If we know things about music by any source (not personal research or opinion) and write them in the encyclopedia, would it be any problem?

For example, if I get on to know about Mozart after reading an article in Wikipedia.org, and later I come and write about Mozart in Music-web.org, would it be ok? Or are we about to freely adapt any material from other sites WITH their permission? As well as we work not for any profit and the Wikipedia.org is also a free web. Would it be vice for us to ask for an alliance?

[MaestroX]

For example, if I get on to know about Mozart after reading an article in Wikipedia.org, and later I come and write about Mozart in Music-web.org, would it be ok?

That would be fine. Any respected resource such as wikipedia (though hard copies of information is always better) is ok to use.

Or are we about to freely adapt any material from other sites WITH their permission?

Any website that releases its content under the GNU (such as wikipedia), is it not usual to have to ask their permission, but otherwise as long as the information is widely accepted to be fact then you may freely adapt the material (with their permission of course).

Would it be vice for us to ask for an alliance?

We could look into doing this, but as it stands, much of the "musical" information on wikipedia is sketchy and not focussed enough for my likeing.

As a general rule, straight out copying is not acceptable. Using any source (digital or physical) as research and writing your own article/encyclopedia entry is fine.

[Joshua Yu]

MaestroX, I like your answers.