[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Travel Guide: Board statement

[Thomas Dalton]

On 7 September 2012 21:11, emijrp <emijrp at gmail.com> wrote:
> When we use 1911 Britannica texts, we only attribute to the encyclopedia,
> not its authors, so we can put "This text comes from Wikitravel".

We use 1911 Britannica texts because they are in the public domain. We
don't have to attribute them at all, but choose to because a) it is
useful to readers for them to know where it came from and b) it avoids
accusations of plagiarism.