On 2/21/06, John Lee <johnleemk(a)gawab.com> wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mirrors#License
indicates a link
back to the Wikipedia article /may/ suffice as "[acknowledging] the main
authors". Generally the style used to *cite* Wikipedia (not copy its
articles) just attributes the article to something like "Wikipedia
contributors". I'm not familiar with the legal ramifications of the
GFDL, and from the appearance of that page, neither are the fellows who
write our policy on mirrors. :p Just err on the safe side and cite both.
I don't think anyone is suggesting that you need to list the 147
authors who worked on [Fred Smith] when you cite Wikipedia's article
on Fred Smith.
It depends very much whether you're talking about plagiarism or copyright.
Steve