From: "Tim Marklew" tmarklew@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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