On 7/20/05, Ben bratsche1@gmail.com wrote:
This is just the way to prevent some more instruction creep: reinforce and enforce existing policies.
Yup. NOR and CITE cover the plagiarism issue.
However, I feel that asking people whose material we deem worthy of inclusion to become direct contributors to WP is something that could pay dividends. For example, I created an article on St John's Church in Richmond (where Patrick Henry made his fiery "liberty or death" speech, and in the process I looked up the church website for some historical information. I listed the website as a source, but after reading recent discussion here, I sent off an email to the contact address, suggesting they look over and contribute to the article. They would have access to information, photographs, all sorts of useful and unique information that could only enhance the article. At the very least, I think they would be honoured by a request to contribute.