Jimmy Wales wrote:
The Cunctator wrote:
I strongly think we're better off formalizing a policy in which particular author attribution is not required. That is, by contributing to Wikipedia, you agree to be attributed as one of the "Wikipedia Contributors" or somesuch.
Well that certainly much more closely matches our social custom, in which articles aren't "owned" by anyone, and we value all sorts of contributions to the project without specifically privileging 'authorship'.
But, how can we reconcile your suggestion with the FDL?
For past contributions, we probably can't. But for future contributions, we'd ask them to assign authorship rights to the Wikimedia Foundation. Is this what you want, Cunc?
-- Toby