Admin Forum:Using multiple imported pages from other wikis

So, when you have a brand new wiki with really nothing on it yet, is it against the rules to import a large number of pages directly from other wikis into your wiki? Or does that fall under like copyright infringement/plagiarism or something to that effect?

EVOLDEMORT 08:41, November 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, however you need to attribute the edits to the people who made them from the other wiki. The easiest way to do this is with the export tool (Special:Export at the wiki you want to export pages from), and the import tool on your new wiki (Special:Import) - this way the edit history will remain intact. You may also want to place a small template on the pages you imported linking back to the original wiki, where appropiate. The licence is fine with you copying work (it is in fact designed for that) - but claming that you did it (for example, by copying/pasting) - isn't --  Random Time  08:49, November 25, 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay, so basically what you're telling me is that if I put something like the example text that is seen here on the top of any pages I import to my wiki (is there actually already a template for that somewhere, or should I just create one of my own along the lines of that example?), it's allowed for me to import as many wiki pages as I want from wherever I want? So then, if I wanted to make other changes to the articles after I import them (like: changing the color of templates as needed to match the theme of my wiki, possibly fixing minor spelling/grammar errors if I find any, removing red links to articles that I won't import because they would not fit at all with the topic of my wiki, possibly changing part or all of the title of some articles as needed, possibly changing the quote if there is one or adding one if there's not, or taking all the information in any templates specific to any various article and putting it in my own self-created template(s) based off of multiple template criteria from the different yet similar templates on different wikis to achieve a greater understanding of the article subject as a whole), would that be allowed at all?


 * EVOLDEMORT 13:40, December 16, 2011 (UTC)