[Wikipedia-l] Where to put acknowledgements

[Rosa Williams]

From: "Tim Marklew" <tmarklew at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 6:56 PM


> I wrote:
> >As far as I understand it, users of our material have to provide history
of
> >contributors, and we suggest that they link back to our article to fulfil
> >this obligation.  Alternatively, there is nothing to stop them just
copying
> >our history and use that instead, without linking to us (strictly, they
may
> >not even have to credit 'Wikipedia' at all).
> Looks like I was wrong here:  section 4J of the FDL *requires* giving the
> network location of previous versions of the document, so they would have
to
> link back to the original text.  I think the Wikipedia:Copyrights page
could
> do with changing to make that clearer.
>
> Also note section 4K of the GFDL which requires preserving pre existing
> acknowledgements and dedications.
>
> Tim (Enchanter)


Simple Science Wiki Is still using subpages, so I've just put a /Credits
subpage for each article where appropriate. It has text appropriate to the
usage, such as, "The first version of this article was based on text
originally from http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/blah of [[Wikipedia]]"  where
the wiki-link leads to a short blurb explaining and thanking Wikipedia.

Would it be possible to add a Credits: namespace that, like the Talk:
namespace would track a given article?  That way we could put credits,
links-back, links to any invariant texts, et cetera ad nauseum.  We could
even put in hardcopy references, which would be useful and keep 'em from
cluttering a document.  Best of all, it's unobtrusive but easily accessible.

Just a suggestion, your mileage may vary, code requirements may not permit,
and a half-dozen other disclaimers. :)

-- April

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http://www.renaissoft.com/april/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Simple_Science_Wiki .)