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Contents 1 Wikis not under GFDL 2 Exceptions 3 Requests to opt-out 3.1 Memory Alpha (ja) 3.2 clubpenguinfanon.wikia 3.3 civilization.wikia 3.4 fr.guildwars

Wikis not under GFDLEdit

Wikis not under GFDL are not affected by this license update.

• Lostpedia (some languages - should probably be all? Need to clarify)
• Memory-Alpha (all)
• Uncyclopedia (english, czech, french)
• http://guildwars.wikia.com/
• http://pvx.wikia.com/
• http://intact.wikia.com/
• http://robotbuilder.wikia.com/
• http://sophianotes.wikia.com/
• http://change.wikia.com/

ExceptionsEdit

• WikiFur (some languages) will be handled separately
• http://fr.guildwars.wikia.com/ will stay GFDL to ensure compatibility with an external wiki they want to translate (assuming that wiki does not switch to GFDL before August 1st 2009)

Requests to opt-outEdit

Please post in this section with full details of why a wiki needs to stay GFDL.

Memory Alpha (ja) Edit

• Hopefully just a minor clarification, I think it should be "all languages", not some, for Memory Alpha? -- Cid Highwind 06:41, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
  • That ought to be the case, but I need to check what's going on with the Japanese edition. The meta data is right, but it says GFDL in the footer. Angela (talk) 06:50, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
  • This seems to be their version of Project:Copyrights - at least it is the link shown below all edit fields. The only thing I can make out is "CC-by-nc 2.5". For what it's worth, I also see a link to CC in the page footer - is that user setting dependent perhaps, although it shouldn't be? -- Cid Highwind 07:44, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
    • Probably caused by the footer template, but don't worry - I'll make sure all of the Memory-Alpha's retain their original licensing. Angela (talk) 08:00, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

clubpenguinfanon.wikia Edit

• Please opt out clubpenguinfanon. Please. Users get confused, and ll it is is pretty much rebranded GFDL with a fancy wrapper. We'd also have to recategorize and replace references to GFDL. --Zapwire Δ The dark side of the moon 09:55, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Does anyone on your wiki run a bot? That way, a bot can search for all references of GDFL and change them to CC-BY-SA where it matters. If not, you could get someone from the Central Wikia to do it for you. (I don't, I fail at bot.) I'd definitely recommend a switch, and I can help explain what the license is if your users will get confused. Wjxhuang, the 888th Avatar ^{Talk} 10:38, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
    • No bots. We also heavily mix wikipedia content in, which is GFDL. --Zapwire Δ The dark side of the moon 13:52, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
      • Wikipedia's organizing body is the one that requested the ability to change. See their outreach page. --GreenReaper^(talk) 16:19, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
    • You see, that's the problem. Wikipedia doesn't use GFDL anymore, so Wikia wikis need to to switch to CC-BY-SA to continue to be able to copy Wikipedia. I'd definitely recommend asking someone with a bot to help you. Of course it's your decision, I'm just laying out my view to try help you. Wjxhuang, the 888th Avatar ^{Talk} 13:57, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
      • Yes, they do. They dual license until CC-by-SA content gets integrated into an article.--AB 12:48, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
      • Good catch. Epic fail for me. Wjxhuang, the 888th Avatar ^{Talk} 12:53, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
        • It's not really a dual license. GFDL is a secondary license which disappears as soon as you add any content to an article which is CC-only. Angela (talk) 15:06, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

civilization.wikia Edit

I'm not in a position to make any requests on behalf of this wikia. However, pages there contain copies of a game manual that is currently multi-licensed as GPL/GFDL, and these copies were added to the wiki on or after 15 February 2009 (see [1]). Something might need to be worked out in this regard, first. -- Cid Highwind 12:22, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for finding that. Let's delay this one a bit until that's worked out. I expect a template on the relevant pages explaining that they are under a different license would work. Angela (talk) 15:06, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

fr.guildwarsEdit

Is it to late to revert the link in the footer on that wiki ? I must have misread the way to op-out of this... Sorry. — TulipVorlax 22:50, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

It's broken for all wikis. I've fixed it for fr.guildwars, which is on the exceptions list above already and is not changing license. Angela (talk) 03:46, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, i saw it up there after posting but i had to leave and couldn't reply (to myself).

Thanks for the fix.

Is the proper spelling of "copyright" taking an "s" at the end ? — TulipVorlax 05:02, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

In English, either is correct but MediaWiki tends to use Project:Copyrights by default. The French Wikipedia use Project:Droit d'auteur instead. I can set it to whatever you like. The redirect from copyrights was just added because it had that word stuck in the cache and wouldn't update. :) Angela (talk) 05:11, 21 June 2009 (UTC)