Difference between revisions of "Conservapedia:Copying"

Revision as of 13:27, March 14, 2007

Use this page to note of articles that appear to have been copied from other sources, or that appear to have made use of large amounts (more than a paragraph) from other sources.

Because Conservapedia's policies on copying are not yet clear, and are not obvious to users, most of these entries will have been made in good faith by users who are trying to help Conservapedia.

If you can tell, put the material under the proper heading.

Do not know which heading to put it under

Copied from a website that posts an explicit copyright notice

Copied from a website that does not have any conspicuous copyright or licensing notice

Copied from a website that uses a "free license" like GFDL or Creative Commons

Harold Glasser, from Wikipedia, GFDL license, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Glasser
Perlo group, from Wikipedia, GFDL license, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlo_group

Copied from a source that is probably public domain

USS Nautilus, from http://www.cnrc.navy.mil/nucfield/Background/history.htm

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 Use this page to note of articles that appear to have been copied from other sources, or that appear to have made use of large amounts (more than a paragraph) from other sources.
-Because Conservapedia's policies on copying are not yet clear, and are not obvious to users, most entries will have been made in good faith by users who are trying to help Conservapedia.
+Because Conservapedia's policies on copying are not yet clear, and are not obvious to users, '''most''' of these entries will have been made in good faith by users who are trying to help Conservapedia.
 If you can tell, put the material under the proper heading.