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I prefer the collapsed note section, since these notes can be very lengthy (as I know, having composed a few behemoths :)). I've reverted to the earlier version pending conversaion about the change; is there a reason that small should be preferred? --[[User:Moonriddengirl|Moonriddengirl]] <sup>[[User talk:Moonriddengirl|(talk)]]</sup> 02:16, 23 June 2011 (UTC) |
I prefer the collapsed note section, since these notes can be very lengthy (as I know, having composed a few behemoths :)). I've reverted to the earlier version pending conversaion about the change; is there a reason that small should be preferred? --[[User:Moonriddengirl|Moonriddengirl]] <sup>[[User talk:Moonriddengirl|(talk)]]</sup> 02:16, 23 June 2011 (UTC) |
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:Only that I thought it worked better when considering that the template may now have comments, comments2, comments3, all of which apply to only a single listing. - [[User:Jarry1250|Jarry1250]] <sup>[''[[Special:Contributions/Jarry1250|Weasel?]] [[User_talk:Jarry1250|Discuss]].'']</sup> 18:08, 23 June 2011 (UTC) |
:Only that I thought it worked better when considering that the template may now have comments, comments2, comments3, all of which apply to only a single listing. - [[User:Jarry1250|Jarry1250]] <sup>[''[[Special:Contributions/Jarry1250|Weasel?]] [[User_talk:Jarry1250|Discuss]].'']</sup> 18:08, 23 June 2011 (UTC) |
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I suggest that if it has not already been done a hidden category is added to this template, and noted in the documentation so that people can easily see how many articles have been copied and what they are called. (see {{tl|1911}} for [[:Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica|an example]]) |
Revision as of 00:26, 23 November 2011
Take care using this tag
If a website has a block of text on its web site and an editor copies it into Wikipedia in violation of copyright, and a 3rd party later copies it from the original source with permission, and the original source goes offline, it may appear that the 3rd party copied it from Wikipedia.
The same thing can happen if the original source changes URLs, such as after a company renames itself or gets acquired. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 17:40, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Underutilized
As of 17:41, 15 December 2008 (UTC) this tag is not being transcluded into any article talk pages. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 17:41, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
- It's had a slow uptake. I reckon it'll find future use, and a couple of admins have said the same thing; better ways of advertising its existence might be good. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 18:07, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Version number as parameter
As WP articles evolve through time, and it can sometimes be difficult to track down the version which has been copied from us, I would request the WP version number as an additional parameter for the template. For info, I spent quite a few hours trying to identify which version of Shaquille O'Neal was plagiarised (ie used without attribution). Please refer to discussion here. I believe it would be helpful if the original version could be linked to in the template, for GFDL purposes for future reference. Also, in the above case, there were two sources of almost identical copying, so I have used two templates. I do not know how often this occurs, so will leave it to you to decide whether to create a multiple-source template. Ohconfucius (talk) 11:09, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
- An optional parameter
id
has been added to the template - feel free to tweak further. – Sadalmelik ☎ 13:06, 4 June 2009 (UTC)- Thank you. Ohconfucius (talk) 01:11, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Slow up take
Should this be taged Category:Copyright maintenance templates so that people can see it exists?--Aspro (talk) 20:10, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Yes! Great idea. :) I'll leave you the honors. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:13, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
Linkage
I'd suggest the addition of a parameter to capture a linkage id for the copy, e.g. DOIs, ISBNs, OCLC numbers. Otherwise, must resort to using the comment field. LeadSongDog come howl! 18:38, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Small v. Collapse
I prefer the collapsed note section, since these notes can be very lengthy (as I know, having composed a few behemoths :)). I've reverted to the earlier version pending conversaion about the change; is there a reason that small should be preferred? --Moonriddengirl (talk) 02:16, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
- Only that I thought it worked better when considering that the template may now have comments, comments2, comments3, all of which apply to only a single listing. - Jarry1250 [Weasel? Discuss.] 18:08, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
Hidden category
I suggest that if it has not already been done a hidden category is added to this template, and noted in the documentation so that people can easily see how many articles have been copied and what they are called. (see {{1911}} for an example)