It is known that this policy may not have to be used, but it is still acknowledged as a policy.
This page is considered an official policy on Transformers Fanon Wiki. It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that everyone should follow. Except for minor edits, please make use of the discussion page to propose changes to this policy. Note that the page is protected, but the talk page is not.
Copying from Wikipedia to this wiki is permissible because both use the same license. However, it is necessary to include the proper acknowledgment so that readers can refer to the original and discover its authors.
Whenever you do such copying from a page in the English-language ("en") version of Wikipedia, please add the following template near the bottom of the page: "Wikipedia|" (inside double curly braces, i.e. {{Wikipedia|}}). Then before the final brackets paste the name of the Wikipedia article. You need to add similar attribution for other languages of Wikipedia and for other GFDL projects.
Note that Wikia sites are not intended to duplicate substantial portions of Wikipedia. You may copy all or part of an article (and its links and templates) to start off a page on the subject, but you are expected to adapt it so as to reflect this particular wiki's slant on the subject.
Copying from Wikipedia to a Wikia wiki is permissible if both use the same license. It is necessary to include the proper acknowledgment so that readers can refer to the original and discover its authors.
One way to add attribution is to use the {{Wikipedia}} template. If your wiki does not have a copy of this template, you can find one here. Another option, often used by Wikipedians when using works from Wikia, is to make the attribution in the page history via the edit summary.
Wikia sites are not intended to duplicate substantial portions of Wikipedia or any other site. You may copy all or part of an article (and its links and templates) to start off a page on the subject, but you are expected to adapt it so as to reflect this particular wiki's slant on the subject.
How do I copy files from other Wikimedia sites?
On a Wikimedia site, click on a picture that you want with the mouse. This will take you to the picture's information page. Below the copy of the picture will be a link with the pictures name. This link leads to a full-size version of the picture, as the one displayed on the information page is often a reduced size.
Right click on this link, and select "Save as..." or "Save image as..." to save the picture to a convenient folder on your computer.
Click "upload file" on your wiki and upload as described above. Be sure to copy the source and licensing information from the source page to your summary box, as required by open content licenses.
Sometimes if you are working fast you get an error message saying you don't have access to the server. Wait, try again, and it's usually OK. Another tip is to empty the picture folder on your computer after every page or two so you don't get confused with too many files. Once the files have been uploaded there is no need to keep them on your machine unless you want to.
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