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Where the licencing permits copying such as on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia] or the [http://electronicmusic.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Electronic Music Wiki]. Insert an attribution template as the last item of text on the destination article, piping the name of the article on the remote wiki and substituting underscore for any spaces in the name. This can be just above the <nowiki>== References ==</nowiki> heading or <nowiki>== See also ==</nowiki> heading if there is one.
Where the licencing permits copying such as on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia] or the [http://electronicmusic.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Electronic Music Wiki]. Insert an attribution template as the last item of text on the destination article, piping the name of the article on the remote wiki and substituting underscore for any spaces in the name. This can be just above the <nowiki>== References ==</nowiki> heading or <nowiki>== See also ==</nowiki> heading if there is one.


For example in article [[Patch]] insert <nowiki>{{From Wikipedia|Synthesizer}}</nowiki> or in article [[Modular synthesizer]] insert <nowiki>{{From Wikipedia|Modular_synthesizer}}</nowiki>
For example in article [[Patch]] (from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesizer#Patch Wikipedia:Synthesizer#Patch]) insert <nowiki>{{From Wikipedia|Synthesizer}}</nowiki> or in article [[Modular synthesizer]] insert <nowiki>{{From Wikipedia|Modular_synthesizer}}</nowiki>


=== List of attribution templates ===<!-- see [[Category:Attribution templates]] -->
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Revision as of 08:28, 2 November 2014

This page is intended to inform briefly about reusing content from other wikis.

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Copying articles from other wikis

Where the licencing permits copying such as on Wikipedia or the Electronic Music Wiki. Insert an attribution template as the last item of text on the destination article, piping the name of the article on the remote wiki and substituting underscore for any spaces in the name. This can be just above the == References == heading or == See also == heading if there is one.

For example in article Patch (from Wikipedia:Synthesizer#Patch) insert {{From Wikipedia|Synthesizer}} or in article Modular synthesizer insert {{From Wikipedia|Modular_synthesizer}}

List of attribution templates

  • {{from Wikipedia|}}
  • {{from Muff Wiggler wiki|}}
  • {{from Electronic Music Wiki|}}

See also

References

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