On 4/16/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
Folks,
Real quick question: Is there any problem with using a foreign language WP Article as a source in the English language one? In this case it's birth & death dates.
If the German Wikipedia article *is* the source, it should be *cited* as the source. That's fundamental. In fact, we even have templates for this ("This information came from the ... Wikipedia on ... day"), but I don't know the name of them off the top of my head.
In general, translating articles from other Wikipedias is a good idea. It's much faster than researching the article from scratch, and helps to synchronise the different projects, and may even help in reducing systematic bias (depending on which way the translation is going).
Steve