User:Rednblu/Attribution/Poll
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Wikipedia:Attribution (WP:ATT) is an attempt to unite Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V) and Wikipedia:No original research (WP:NOR). It was worked on for over five months by more than 300 editors, and 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.
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Some aspects of Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS) were also merged into WP:ATT, with other material to be incorporated into the accompanying Wikipedia:Attribution/FAQ (WP:ATTFAQ). The intention is to express present policy more clearly and concisely, and to make it more manageable and easier to follow by having it on one page.
The intention of Wikipedia:Attribution was to make one governing page on the areas concerned. The result is that we have four pages covering it; many editors find this excessive. The purpose of this poll is to determine what we should do now.
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:
- Instructions
- Familiarize yourself with the debate:
- Summary of the objectives of the merger
- Jimbo's initial comments on this issue are here, and here.
- Wikipedia talk:Attribution/Community discussion.
- Vote for your preference(s) by typing # ~~~~ and a short comment if desired.
- Do not directly respond on this page to opinions of other editors; discussion should take place on the designated talk page. Comments in the voting sections of this page should be limited to votes and short statements. Responses in the 'polling' section will be refactored and moved to the Talk page.
- For further comments use the assigned "Comments" section.
- Notes
- This is a straw poll, not a strict vote. As such, any numeric results will not be definitive. This is a means of gathering opinions in an organized way.
- Wikipedia:Attribution is not intended as a change to policy, but as a more maintainable consolidation of it. Editors are not being canvassed on desired changes, and debates over long-standing principles and policy wording should be avoided.