Mario Compendium:Acceptable sources
The Mario Compendium uses the GNU Free Documentation License, like some other wikis. However, several wikis have ditched this license in favor of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) license, including Wikipedia and Fandom (originally Wikia), though the former GNU Free Documentation License can be used like CC-BY-SA for older revisions from before the license change.[1]
Keep in mind that the license always requires that you provide a link to the article and a list of authors. On the Zelda Wiki, we handle this with attribution templates (see below). It is important to note that if the page history exists, a link to it is required,[2] which is also handled by our attribution templates. If a history page does not exist, you are required to provide a log of the edits, preferably on the talk page. For the least risk, we recommend using all of the aforementioned.
Acceptable sources
- Zelda Wiki (independent fork)
- Zelda Dungeon Wiki
- WiKirby
- Metroid Wiki
- Lylat Wiki
- Wikipedia (only from before July 15, 2009)
- Fandom (most wikis before switching to the CC-BY-SA license on June 19, 2009)[1]
- Super Mario Wiki (prior to June 9, 2010; compare this June 8, 2010 capture to the June 9, 2010 capture)[1]
- Gamehiker Wiki
- The RWP Wiki
Attribution templates
References
- ^ a b c "As I understand it: yes, the previous license can be applied to content that was added under that license." - Fandom Support
- ^ "I. Preserve the section Entitled 'History', Preserve its Title, and add to it an item stating at least the title, year, new authors, and publisher of the Modified Version as given on the Title Page. If there is no section Entitled 'History' in the Document, create one stating the title, year, authors, and publisher of the Document as given on its Title Page, then add an item describing the Modified Version as stated in the previous sentence." - GNU Free Documentation License
