Angela wrote:
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Ben chuwiey@gmail.com wrote:
- Should the attribution appear on the top of the page or on the
bottom? (I don't think the attribution should go anywhere else (i.e talk page) since the GFDL requires the attribution to be on the page itself).
Isn't the attribution only required in the "history" section, not on the page itself? If that's the case, you could simply adapt Special:Export to have a link in the page history to the author on the original wiki rather than a link to a user account that may or may not exist and may or may not be the correct person on the current wiki.
Like this, but with the links actually going to Wikipedia rather than being a pseudo-account: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/index.php?title=User:Simetrical&action=histo...
Angela
Actually, attribution as far as I understand it talks about two things: 1) Linking back to the original document from which you took the text.. (i.e any import must contain a link back to the original document) 2) There needs to be attribution to the people who wrote the article, however, I think once you link back to the original document and the list exists there, then you have fulfilled this requirement.
Specifically about your suggestion: I'm not so sure that having a link back to the latest revision writer (in the original wiki) fulfills the requirement of attribution, especially since a current revision usually includes info from several contributors...
-Wiredtape