2009/2/1 Sam Johnston samj@samj.net:
I wasn't aware that anyone was suggesting that we remove attribution altogether, just that we attribute Wikipedia as a whole for the sake of everyone's sanity, and in consideration of the extremely limited (if not negative) value that such mass attributions provide.
That would legally prevent us from importing any material first published outside wikipedia. It would also legally prevent us from using any material that is currently in wikipedia or added to wikipedia before this switchover.