On 2/21/06, John Lee johnleemk@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