On 21-08-2002, Rosa Williams wrote thusly :
From: "Tim Marklew"
<tmarklew(a)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.
This is a very good point here. I think it will
become a neccessity,
some time in future, to give references, at least for medical articles.
Today's medicine paradigm is EBM (Evidence Based Medicine) and one _must_
give credible reference for any statement in articles.
BTW I should flesh out "Wikipedia medicine standards" at last.
What do you think about putting in a compulsory disclaimer in articles
on health related subjects ?
Regards,
kpjas.