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	# '''Attribute the source.''' Attribution is mandatory. As {{mp\|Copyrights}} already requires, make a note of it – in the '''edit summary''' (e.g. ''"Adapted from [Source] Wiki's [Page], [license]"'') and '''on the page or its talk page''', naming the source wiki, the specific page(s), and the license, so the credit travels with the content.		# '''Attribute the source.''' Attribution is mandatory. As {{mp\|Copyrights}} already requires, make a note of it – in the '''edit summary''' (e.g. ''"Adapted from [Source] Wiki's [Page], [license]"'') and '''on the page or its talk page''', naming the source wiki, the specific page(s), and the license, so the credit travels with the content.
	# '''Remove third-party IP''' – images, names, lore, categories, and subject-specific content – before publishing.		# '''Remove third-party IP''' – images, names, lore, categories, and subject-specific content – before publishing.
	# '''Make it work here.''' Confirm every dependency exists on this wiki: sub-templates, CSS classes ([[MediaWiki:Common.css]]), ~~[[Help:TemplateStyles\|~~stylesheets]], extensions, and images. Supply or adapt whatever is missing. Do not publish an import that renders broken, points at red-linked dependencies, or carries the source wiki's navigation, categories, or branding.		# '''Make it work here.''' Confirm every dependency exists on this wiki: sub-templates, CSS classes ([[MediaWiki:Common.css]]), stylesheets, extensions, and images. Supply or adapt whatever is missing. Do not publish an import that renders broken, points at red-linked dependencies, or carries the source wiki's navigation, categories, or branding.
	# '''Naturalize it.''' Rename and rewrite so the result reads as native Tenth Fleet Wiki content, in our house style, rather than a transplant.		# '''Naturalize it.''' Rename and rewrite so the result reads as native Tenth Fleet Wiki content, in our house style, rather than a transplant.

MDGarcia: Create import/attribution policy for cross-wiki content

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Create import/attribution policy for cross-wiki content

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This page describes Tenth Fleet Wiki policy on '''importing pages, templates, and layouts from other wikis'''. It complements {{mp|Copyrights}} and applies whenever material is copied or adapted from an external wiki or website.

'''In brief:''' reuse of freely licensed material is welcome, but only when its license is compatible with ours, the source is credited, and any third-party intellectual property is left behind. When in doubt, rebuild the idea natively rather than copying the source's markup.

== Why this matters ==
Other wikis often hold well-built templates and layouts that could save us effort, and many release their community-written text under a free license that permits reuse. A free license is a grant with conditions, however, not a blanket waiver. Copying without meeting those conditions is a licensing violation; copying another community's work wholesale without a word is discourteous even when it is permitted; and importing markup that depends on the source wiki's stylesheets, extensions, or images simply leaves a broken page behind. This policy sets out how to do it properly.

== License compatibility ==
The Tenth Fleet Wiki releases its own content under a '''Creative Commons''' license (see {{mp|Copyrights}}). A source's license must be compatible with ours before its content can live here:
* Material under a '''Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike''' license, in the '''public domain''', or that '''you authored yourself''' and are entitled to relicense may be imported, with attribution.
* Material under the '''GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) only''' – which includes the [https://wiki.guildwars2.com Guild Wars 2 Wiki] – is '''not''' license-compatible with our Creative Commons content and must not be copied verbatim. GFDL and CC BY-SA are separate licenses; one cannot simply be relicensed as the other.
* When a GFDL-only source has a template or layout that is genuinely useful, '''re-implement the functionality natively instead of copying the markup.''' Ideas, layouts, and functionality are not copyrightable – only a specific expression is – so building an equivalent from scratch is both clean and lawful, and it lets the result match our house style.

== What you may never import ==
* '''Third-party intellectual property.''' Game assets, artwork, logos, screenshots, character names, lore, and brand elements belong to their rights-holder and are '''not''' covered by any wiki's free license, even when the surrounding wiki text is. The Guild Wars 2 Wiki, for instance, licenses its community text under the GFDL, but the game's images, names, and content remain the property of ArenaNet and must never be copied here. Import generic, community-authored markup only; strip everything tied to the source's subject.
* '''Content under an all-rights-reserved or unknown license.''' If you cannot determine the license, leave it out.

== How to import content properly ==
# '''Verify the license''' is compatible with ours, or confine yourself to re-implementing the idea natively.
# '''Attribute the source.''' Attribution is mandatory. As {{mp|Copyrights}} already requires, make a note of it – in the '''edit summary''' (e.g. ''"Adapted from [Source] Wiki's [Page], [license]"'') and '''on the page or its talk page''', naming the source wiki, the specific page(s), and the license, so the credit travels with the content.
# '''Remove third-party IP''' – images, names, lore, categories, and subject-specific content – before publishing.
# '''Make it work here.''' Confirm every dependency exists on this wiki: sub-templates, CSS classes ([[MediaWiki:Common.css]]), [[Help:TemplateStyles|stylesheets]], extensions, and images. Supply or adapt whatever is missing. Do not publish an import that renders broken, points at red-linked dependencies, or carries the source wiki's navigation, categories, or branding.
# '''Naturalize it.''' Rename and rewrite so the result reads as native Tenth Fleet Wiki content, in our house style, rather than a transplant.

== Courtesy to the source community ==
A free license does not require you to ask permission – that is what the license grants – and for a page or two, correct attribution is enough. But when adopting a substantial part of another community's infrastructure (its template suite, help system, or overall layout), a brief and friendly note to that community is good manners and builds goodwill. It costs nothing and is almost always welcomed.

== See also ==
* {{mp|Copyrights}}
* {{mp|File use policy}}
* [[TenthFleet:Practices and processes]]

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