Admin Forum:Can you use someone else's coding in Wikia

Hello everyone, when I came to Wikia back in 2009 I was directed to several big wikis main pages and I was encouraged to use their coding for my wiki. However I also remember some wars among a couple of users who were upset about some admins copying their coding into their wikis (at Wikia). A staff had to break the fight by saying that the Wikia content was allowed to be used among Wikia admins and that everyone should have agreed to that when they decided to agree with Wikia terms. That was before CC-BY-SA became the new license (if I remember correctly). My memory can play tricks on me sometimes. I myself wish to see some of my coding used around Wikia (that would be swell) he-he :D But I also want to be able to recommend coding used in a big number of large wikis as well (I want to let users choose for themselves what works for them). At the same time I don't want to encourage anyone to "steal" anything, so what is allowed and what's not?

By reading this page here it is unclear to me whether you have to attribute coding to someone, or some wiki? And where/how would you let your users/contributors know this? --Liliana (my talk). 23:29, March 7, 2012 (UTC)


 * A link back to the original source suffices. For example, if you wanted to copy something from MediaWiki:Common.js, you could simply link to http://community.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js, and that would qualify as a source.


 * Thanks for answering. Do you mean link to it in the edit summary? Or is it best to place it inside the page itself with a text input within the document (not visible unless you choose to edit):




 * Maybe the summary is best, right? I appreciate your help! --Liliana (my talk). 00:00, March 8, 2012 (UTC)