[Wot-l] A question...(a little off topic--hope you don't mind)

[Gherald]

Terez,

Yes, there have been problems with people copying from EWoT in the
past, and we must vigilantly remove such violations.

Their pages can be used as a reference, however.  In many cases, the
notes section at the bottom contains useful factual information that
can be copied almost verbatim, but the main body of the summary itself
cannot be used except as an example/guide (so no copy/pasting from
that part to the wiki!)

As part of our summary template, there is a system in place for
linking to external summaries like EWoT's.  You can see these links in
the upper right, above the "Chapter Index" box : )

-Gherald

On Jan 21, 2008 9:12 AM, Terez <terez27 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think anyone's relationship with the Encyclopaedia is friendly
> enough that we could just copy what they have there, if that's what you're
> getting at.  Though their chapter and character summaries are very detailed
> in some ways, there is a lot that could be added to them...
>
> I would say that, if we're going to be doing character and chapter
> summaries, that we should cover things that are noticeably absent in their
> summaries - not that it would be necessary to avoid duplicating what they
> have.  We just don't want to be redundant.  I would also suggest an external
> link to their summary at the bottom of each wiki page, but I haven't yet
> figured out a way to link individual pages within the Encyclopaedia - each
> internal page has the same url.  Perhaps someone with more general computer
> knowledge could help with that - and there should be no issue with the
> Encyclopaedia's copyright by making external links to their pages.