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'''This is a proposed policy for the transfer of content from Citizendium (CZ) to Wikipedia (WP) and vice versa. It is in no way official policy.'''
'''This is a proposed policy for the transfer of content from Citizendium (CZ) to Wikipedia (WP) and vice versa. It is in no way official policy.'''


== Preamble ==
The GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) was designed for software documentation, not wikis, so its use in a wiki is problematic on many fronts.  For these and other reasons, the Citizendium decided to use a similar but arguably superior license, the Creative Commons By Attribution Share Alike (CC-by-sa). Thus, Citizendium articles which contain no content from Wikipedia ''may not'' be ported to Wikipedia. 


The GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) was designed for books, not wikis, so its use in a wiki is rather clunky. The Citizendium therefore decided to use a similar but simpler license, the Creative Commons By Attribution Share Alike (CC-by-sa). The Creative Commons, Wikipedia and Free Software Foundations are working on making these licenses mutually compatible, so eventually content should be able to be moved between CZ and WP freely (with attribution).
However, the Creative Commons, Free Software Foundation, and Wikimedia Foundation firmly intend to make the CC-by-sa and GFDL compatible. When they become so, all CC-by-sa content at Citizendium may be incorporated into Wikipedia, with proper attribution. Currently, however, it is only those Citizendium articles which contain content from Wikipedia that are portable, given that you properly credit Citizendium is the manner described below.
However, the GFDL and CC-by-sa are currently incompatible, so CZ articles which contain no content from WP may not be ported to WP. Articles which do contain content from WP are portable, but you must credit Citizendium (see below for details).


== Instructions for Wikipedians transfering content from Citizendium ==
== "How can I tell which articles are portable to Wikipedia?" ==
Look at the bottom of the CZ article, immediately above the categories, from which you want content.  If the text "some content on this page may previously have appeared on Wikipedia" is present, the article is under GFDL, e.g., see [[Cobalt]].  If this phrase does not appear then the article is under the CC-by-sa and may not be ported to Wikipedia, e.g., see [[Biology]]. 


Look at the bottom of the CZ article you want to get content from, immediately above the categories. If the text "some content on this page may previously have appeared on Wikipedia" is present , the article is under GFDL (example: [[Cobalt]]), otherwise it is under CC-by-sa (example: [[Biology]]). For a list of articles that came from outside CZ, most which came from WP, see [[:Category:External_Articles]].
For a list of articles that came from outside CZ, most which came from WP, see [[:Category:External_Articles]].


Content licensed under the GFDL may be imported into WP, however, '''you must credit''' either Citizendium or the principal authors at the bottom of the article. Credit in the edit summary and/or talk page is '''not''' sufficient. See Wikipedia's copyright [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights#Reusers.27_rights_and_obligations  page] or the bottom of [[Cobalt]] for examples of how to credit material that's borrowed from another Wiki. Wikipedia has a template ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cz <nowiki>{{Cz}}</nowiki>]) which should be used for giving credit to Citizendium.
== "How must I attribute text I obtain from Citizendium?" ==
*You must attribute ''Citizendium'' and link to http://www.citizendium.org as well as the relevant Citizendium article(s) from which you obtained text. You must display this information ''within the article'', as well as make a note within the comments section  stating you uploaded material from Citizendium.


Until the licenses are made compatible, content licensed under CC-by-sa may not be imported into WP unless you receive permission from all the authors.
The Wikipedia template [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cz <nowiki>{{Cz}}</nowiki>] is a handy tool for giving proper attribution to Citizendium.


Citizens, like Wikipedians, retain copyright to their work. Therefore, if all the authors of an article (whether CC-by-sa of GFDL) give permission, you can reuse CZ content under the GFDL or any other terms agreed to by the authors.
== "I'm a third party site that reuses Wikipedia content. How must I attribute articles that contain Citizendium GFDL content?" ==
*You must credit ''both'' Wikipedia and the Citizendium for such articles, and note that the applicable license is the GFDL. For further information [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights#Reusers.27_rights_and_obligations see here.]


Wikipedians may also be interested in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/Citizendium_list_of_missing_articles Wikipedia's page on importing from Citizendium].
== "I can't wait until the CC-by-sa and GFDL are compatible.  What can I do?"==
 
Until the licenses are made compatible, content licensed under CC-by-sa may not be imported into WP unless you receive permission from all the authors. Citizens, like Wikipedians, retain copyright to their work. Therefore, if all the authors of an article (whether CC-by-sa of GFDL) give permission, you can reuse their content under the GFDL or any other terms agreed to by the authors.
== Instructions for Citizens transfering content from Wikipedia ==


== Instructions for Citizens transferring content from Wikipedia ==
See [[CZ:How_to_convert_Wikipedia_articles_to_Citizendium_articles]].
See [[CZ:How_to_convert_Wikipedia_articles_to_Citizendium_articles]].


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* Wikipedia wants attribution too: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights#Reusers.27_rights_and_obligations WP's copyright policy]
* Wikipedia wants attribution too: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights#Reusers.27_rights_and_obligations WP's copyright policy]


== Meta ==
== Also see ==
Feel free to be bold and edit this page. Use [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1162.msg12972.html#msg12972 this forum thread] to discuss this proposal.
To discuss this page, use [http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1162.msg12972.html#msg12972 this forum thread].

Revision as of 23:57, 3 January 2008

This is a proposed policy for the transfer of content from Citizendium (CZ) to Wikipedia (WP) and vice versa. It is in no way official policy.

The GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) was designed for software documentation, not wikis, so its use in a wiki is problematic on many fronts. For these and other reasons, the Citizendium decided to use a similar but arguably superior license, the Creative Commons By Attribution Share Alike (CC-by-sa). Thus, Citizendium articles which contain no content from Wikipedia may not be ported to Wikipedia.

However, the Creative Commons, Free Software Foundation, and Wikimedia Foundation firmly intend to make the CC-by-sa and GFDL compatible. When they become so, all CC-by-sa content at Citizendium may be incorporated into Wikipedia, with proper attribution. Currently, however, it is only those Citizendium articles which contain content from Wikipedia that are portable, given that you properly credit Citizendium is the manner described below.

"How can I tell which articles are portable to Wikipedia?"

Look at the bottom of the CZ article, immediately above the categories, from which you want content. If the text "some content on this page may previously have appeared on Wikipedia" is present, the article is under GFDL, e.g., see Cobalt. If this phrase does not appear then the article is under the CC-by-sa and may not be ported to Wikipedia, e.g., see Biology.

For a list of articles that came from outside CZ, most which came from WP, see Category:External_Articles.

"How must I attribute text I obtain from Citizendium?"

  • You must attribute Citizendium and link to http://www.citizendium.org as well as the relevant Citizendium article(s) from which you obtained text. You must display this information within the article, as well as make a note within the comments section stating you uploaded material from Citizendium.

The Wikipedia template {{Cz}} is a handy tool for giving proper attribution to Citizendium.

"I'm a third party site that reuses Wikipedia content. How must I attribute articles that contain Citizendium GFDL content?"

  • You must credit both Wikipedia and the Citizendium for such articles, and note that the applicable license is the GFDL. For further information see here.

"I can't wait until the CC-by-sa and GFDL are compatible. What can I do?"

Until the licenses are made compatible, content licensed under CC-by-sa may not be imported into WP unless you receive permission from all the authors. Citizens, like Wikipedians, retain copyright to their work. Therefore, if all the authors of an article (whether CC-by-sa of GFDL) give permission, you can reuse their content under the GFDL or any other terms agreed to by the authors.

Instructions for Citizens transferring content from Wikipedia

See CZ:How_to_convert_Wikipedia_articles_to_Citizendium_articles.

Links

Also see

To discuss this page, use this forum thread.

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