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Article appears to be cut-and-pasted from [[wikipedia:Anji Kapoor]], in seeming violation of [[Tardis:Manual of Style#Use of material from Wikipedia]]. I know '''nothing''' about this character, or I'd change it myself. Could someone with a knowledge of Anji have a go at reformatting the article according the cited "rule"? Thanks! '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 06:35, 8 May 2009 (UTC) | Article appears to be cut-and-pasted from [[wikipedia:Anji Kapoor]], in seeming violation of [[Tardis:Manual of Style#Use of material from Wikipedia]]. I know '''nothing''' about this character, or I'd change it myself. Could someone with a knowledge of Anji have a go at reformatting the article according the cited "rule"? Thanks! '''[[User:CzechOut|<span style="background:blue;color:white">Czech</span><span style="background:red;color:white">Out</span>]]''' [[User talk:CzechOut|☎]] | [[Special:Contributions/CzechOut|<font size="+1">✍</font>]] 06:35, 8 May 2009 (UTC) | ||
* Actually, according to the MoS use of Wikipedia material is perfectly acceptable and is not "theft" so long as the Wikipedia content-use template is included, which I have now added. That said, I fully agree there's too much out-of-universe material here. Unfortunately I also know nothing about the character so there's not much more I can do either. [[User:23skidoo|23skidoo]] 02:21, September 6, 2009 (UTC) | * Actually, according to the MoS use of Wikipedia material is perfectly acceptable and is not "theft" so long as the Wikipedia content-use template is included, which I have now added. The GNU licence allows the content to be reused in this way (and vice-versa; someone can cut-and-paste from this wiki if they want and put it on Wikipedia, as long as they acknowledge the source. That said, I fully agree there's too much out-of-universe material here. Unfortunately I also know nothing about the character so there's not much more I can do either. [[User:23skidoo|23skidoo]] 02:21, September 6, 2009 (UTC) | ||
Just adding, current policy is that, while copying from Wikipedia is not theft, we want original material on this wiki, '''not''' copied from other sites. [[User:Shambala108|Shambala108]] [[User talk:Shambala108|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 23:37, April 14, 2017 (UTC) | |||
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Wikipedia "theft"[[edit source]]
Article appears to be cut-and-pasted from wikipedia:Anji Kapoor, in seeming violation of Tardis:Manual of Style#Use of material from Wikipedia. I know nothing about this character, or I'd change it myself. Could someone with a knowledge of Anji have a go at reformatting the article according the cited "rule"? Thanks! CzechOut ☎ | ✍ 06:35, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
- Actually, according to the MoS use of Wikipedia material is perfectly acceptable and is not "theft" so long as the Wikipedia content-use template is included, which I have now added. The GNU licence allows the content to be reused in this way (and vice-versa; someone can cut-and-paste from this wiki if they want and put it on Wikipedia, as long as they acknowledge the source. That said, I fully agree there's too much out-of-universe material here. Unfortunately I also know nothing about the character so there's not much more I can do either. 23skidoo 02:21, September 6, 2009 (UTC)
Just adding, current policy is that, while copying from Wikipedia is not theft, we want original material on this wiki, not copied from other sites. Shambala108 ☎ 23:37, April 14, 2017 (UTC)
