Talk:WikiIndex: Difference between revisions

No change in size ,  23 May 2021
m
m (fix redirect)
Line 18: Line 18:
==Be merciful==
==Be merciful==
Let us spread mercy, not conflict.  Let us drop the boilerplate phrase "'''edited mercilessly'''".  It pretends to be a cute warning to newcomers, but is actually in deadly earnest.  It is no coincidence that [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] is awash in a tidal wave of antagonism, building on such a base. Let's not repeat this threat to contributors, nor encourage editors to treat other's work in such a fashion.  Let us rather encourage ourselves to be '''sincere, careful, and considerate'''. *** Here is a suggestion for improved boilerplate:
Let us spread mercy, not conflict.  Let us drop the boilerplate phrase "'''edited mercilessly'''".  It pretends to be a cute warning to newcomers, but is actually in deadly earnest.  It is no coincidence that [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] is awash in a tidal wave of antagonism, building on such a base. Let's not repeat this threat to contributors, nor encourage editors to treat other's work in such a fashion.  Let us rather encourage ourselves to be '''sincere, careful, and considerate'''. *** Here is a suggestion for improved boilerplate:
:All contributions to WikiIndex are considered to be released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License. Logos are displayed here as [[WikiIndex:Fair Use|Fair Use]], with copyrights retained by their owners (see [[Project:Copyrights]] for details). '''Anything you write here may be changed by others, and redistributed.''' You are promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!
:All contributions to WikiIndex are considered to be released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License. Logos are displayed here as [[WikiIndex:Fair use|fair use]], with copyrights retained by their owners (see [[Project:Copyrights]] for details). '''Anything you write here may be changed by others, and redistributed.''' You are promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!
:: I like this.  What is the page to edit for me to change it?  [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 10:03, 17 February 2007 (PST)
:: I like this.  What is the page to edit for me to change it?  [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 10:03, 17 February 2007 (PST)
::: Good question.  There are two superficial matches at [[Special:Allmessages]], linking to [[MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning]] and [[MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning2]].  Those two pages are locked from edits, but they don't really match the edit boilerplate, anyway, so the true source seems more deeply hidden in the software.--[[User:69.87.202.225|69.87.202.225]] 10:27, 17 February 2007 (PST)
::: Good question.  There are two superficial matches at [[Special:Allmessages]], linking to [[MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning]] and [[MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning2]].  Those two pages are locked from edits, but they don't really match the edit boilerplate, anyway, so the true source seems more deeply hidden in the software.--[[User:69.87.202.225|69.87.202.225]] 10:27, 17 February 2007 (PST)