Help:Copying from Wikipedia

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Copying from Wikipedia to this wiki is permissible because both use the same license. However, it is necessary to include the proper acknowledgment so that readers can refer to the original and discover its authors.

Whenever you do such copying from a page in the English-language ("en") version of Wikipedia, please add the following template near the bottom of the page: "Wikipedia|" (inside double curly braces, i.e. {{Wikipedia|}}). Then before the final brackets paste the name of the Wikipedia article. You need to add similar attribution for other languages of Wikipedia and for other GFDL projects.

Note that Wikia sites are not intended to duplicate substantial portions of Wikipedia. You may copy all or part of an article (and its links and templates) to start off a page on the subject, but you are expected to adapt it so as to reflect this particular wiki's slant on the subject.

[edit] Dewikipediafy

Dewikipediafy means to change an article so it no longer mirrors an article from the Wikipedia.

You also need to remove the links to non Sega related articles, or replace them with links to other wikis with relevant information.

[edit] Steps to Dewikipediafying

This is what to do after taking an article from the Wikipedia:

• Tag: Use {{Dewikipediafy}} to list your page in the category. Then, use {{Wikipedia|}} and fill in the original Wikipedia article's name. (eg. If the original article on Wikipedia was called Sonic the Hedgehog, and you made a page on Wikia called Sonic, you would put {{Wikipedia|Sonic the Hedgehog}} at the bottom of the Sonic page.

• Links: Try to link articles to different Wikias if possible. It boosts how much is seen on other Wikias and improves interest, which helps all Wikias get better. If linking to a Wikipedia article, use this syntax: [[wikipedia:Article]], where "Article" is the name of the page.

• Rewrite: Rewrite the article. Try not to do it all at once, but do it in sections. If you do it in small steps, then it is often easier.