Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 20:04, 1 October 2014

See WP:PROPOSAL for Misplaced Pages's procedural policy on the creation of new guidelines and policies. See how to contribute to Misplaced Pages guidance for recommendations regarding the creation and updating of policy and guideline pages.

Headers

I'm guessing the purpose of the header is to prevent people from quoting it as policy. I guess it has additional value in case those policies are ever altered without this page being updated in coordination. I do like combining it into one, though. --Moonriddengirl 12:03, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, this seems appropriate because this page is indeed a simplified presentation of the policies. I would not describe it as an WP:ESSAY because there's almost nothing that's purely the creator's opinion in it. Pcap ping 12:35, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Added links

I've added some links to this page from Misplaced Pages:Close paraphrasing, and Misplaced Pages:Plagiarism to help get the page wider coverage out there as I think it's important and I'm glad it was made. -- œ 22:02, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

first line

I would strongly prefer a first line like "In 99.9% of cases, copying and pasting text into Misplaced Pages results in copyright violations." Then amplify as needed from there. At the heart of this for me, is addressing some of the very first methods people employ to generate content, and offering this more as if it were a helpful hint might get more traction. The current version is trying to pack too much into one sentence. Give it to people in chunks. Get their attention by predicting what copy/paste is likely to produce, in its most harmful form, rather than phrasing it as a "may not" with a .1 % loophole. I really think the longer form is going to get folks wondering more about the upcoming exceptions than the heart of the recommendation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bacrito (talk • contribs) 19:02, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

And "must not" is preferable to may not, it seems to me, in regard to copyright violations. But, I would like the essay to make a distinction between a "must not" result, and a "really really should avoid if you have any sense" method that virtually guarantees violating that "must not". Really, there's something just "off" to me about seeming to prohibit (whatever the disclaimers as to guidelines vs recommendations or essays etc in the banner) something that literally can't be prohibited (how do you actually prevent people from copying and pasting, as a method of putting text into the edit window? You can't.) instead of focusing them on copy and paste as what it is in these cases, imo, a sloppy shortcut to doing stuff that users from the outset need to be more methodical about.

Going on too long about this, sorry. Bacrito (talk) 19:24, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Copy-paste from Misplaced Pages to a different wiki?

Is this allowed? --TangoFett (talk) 02:43, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, with appropriate attribution - if the destination uses a compatible copyright licence. See Misplaced Pages:Reusing Misplaced Pages content. Rd232 13:49, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Content forking

I have reverted this change, which has added guidance to this page that doesn't exist anywhere, not even in the linked guideline, which makes absolutely clear that no such "single paragraph" rule exists. There are all kinds of cases where copying significant content may be appropriate, including WP:SPINOFF and related articles. --Moonriddengirl 21:06, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Is close paraphrasing acceptable?

Opinions are needed on the following matter: Misplaced Pages:Village pump (policy)#Is close paraphrasing acceptable?. A WP:Permalink to that discussion is here. Rationalobserver (talk) 20:04, 1 October 2014 (UTC)