Template talk:Copied-from-Wiki

Copying

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• Reword the sentences
• Restructure the paragraphs
• Redesign the tables
• Rearrange the sections to ensure it meets any and all applicable Article Structures.

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Is this template for real? It's basically telling people that it's ok to copy stuff as long as there are some minor changes made to assure nobody knows it was originally stolen. When I was in school, behavior such as this this was referred to as "copying" (i.e. "cheating"), and it was rewarded with an F. I think I don't need to elaborate on how wrong this is. An authentic wiki should aspire to write their own articles from scratch and reject copying instead of encouraging it. If you want to get your wiki off the ground in a solid way, you should make sure it promotes a proper editing philosophy as early as possible, and get rid of morally ambiguous templates such as this one.

Thanks for the attention. I hope you will think about this. - 94.219.234.200 (that's Edofenrir from NIWA) 22:15, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Per Edo. Not just that, I have seen one article here copied from Wikipedia, and its creator didn't even take the time to remove Wikipedia's templates >_> --201.152.174.147 22:18, 22 December 2010 (UTC) (and this is Tucayo)

In school, I was taught it was fine copy from a source, so long as you reworded into your own language. Tacopill (Talk) 22:46, 22 December 2010 (UTC).

In my school it is awarded with a 10/100 grade. --201.152.174.147 03:43, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

You go to a funny school, Tacopill. - 94.219.232.67