Wikipedia:Attribution/Poll/Dennyideamockup

Wikipedia:Attribution (WP:ATT) is an attempt to unite Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V) and Wikipedia:No original research (WP:NOR). It is not the result of any single editor; it was worked on for over five months by more than 300 editors. It was upgraded to policy on 15 February, 2007. The proposal was e-mailed to Wikipedia co-founder Jimbo Wales, made public on various policy talk pages, on the WikiEN-L mailing list, and was announced on The Wikipedia Signpost.

Important aspects of Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS) were also merged into WP:ATT, with other information to be incorporated into the accompanying Wikipedia:Attribution/FAQ (WP:ATTFAQ). The intention was to express present policy more clearly and concisely, and to make it more manageable and easier to follow by having it on one page.

Jimbo's initial comments on this issue are here, and here.

More recently, on the WikiEN-L mailing list, Jimbo Wales suggested:[1]

  • "A broad community discussion to shed light on the very good work done by a group of people laboring away on WP:ATT and related pages,", (see: Wikipedia talk:Attribution/Community discussion), and then,
  • "a poll to assess the feelings of the community as best we can, and then we can have a final certification of the results" (this poll).

References:

  1. ^ Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales, "Just what *is* Jimbo's role anyway?" WikiEN-L, 06:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC)


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Notes


1. Do you agree with the merger of Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Reliable sources into Wikipedia:Attribution? If you support a partial merger, select 'Partial Merger' and see question #2.

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Yes, and the old pages are superseded by ATT.

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Yes, and the old pages are NOT superseded by ATT, but supplement it.

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Partial Merger.

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Neutral

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2. Which pages, if any, should be merged into Wikipedia:Attribution?

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[Please answer "yes" or "no".]

Additional comments (optional)

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