Vote:CopyingFromWikipedia

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Aaron Gillies 12:33, 30 May 2004 (PDT)
Lestatdelc 14:00, 30 May 2004 (PDT)
Jumbo - (Wiki entries fine as long as they're cited and temporary)
JohnLocke 07:53, 30 May 2004 (PDT)
KansasNate 14:09, 30 May 2004 (PDT) - (cited, temporary, and edited to conform to dkosopedia needs)
Iks (TkPg) 12:27, 1 Jun 2004 (PDT) - (not sure cited matters; "temporary" and "edited to conform to dkosopedia needs" take care of themselves in a Wiki. Jim Ryun is a good example, found in my first few clicks on Special:Randompages, of how effective this can be.)
DRolfe 02:27, 31 Jul 2005 (PDT) - But, why bother? Wikipedia's license permits this IF and ONLY IF attribution is given on the page and the wiki source remains available as per the GFDL. See my user page.
Ohwilleke 11:27, 31 Jul 2005 (PDT) attribution must be given, but there is a place for it. For example, when it comes to biographical information about a politician, a Wikipedia article can make a good stub. Obviously, it doesn't make sense to, for example, recopy everything Wikipedia has to offer on non-political topics, or even political topics. Dkospedia is less concerned about brevity, not NPOV, and political in orientation, so it will be far less selective and articles will be modified in very different ways. But, for basic factual information Wikipedia can be a good starting place.

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