Board Thread:Support Requests - Designing Your Wiki/@comment-45171933-20200627021708/@comment-1807002-20200627044142

Friendlyone22 wrote:

So to be clear, it is polite and courtegous to message the admins of a wiki to let them know you got an idea from the wiki they are editing to use on a wiki you are editing, but it's not necessary to credit an idea you got unless you are directly copying it, correct? Short answer, Yes.

If it is something unmistakably unique to another wiki: copying code for code, a CSS style scheme, word for word texts, etc. Example: like an infobox CSS style you probably want to credit or message and credit. But if it is merely similar or inspired from another infobox- IMO no, it isn't needed. However, if you basically copied it and make subtle changes to pretend it isn't a copy then you might be found out and have someone upset (but really that would be being borderline cheeky to start with).

If it is something like structuring a page/manual of style, indexing style, sub page setups or widely used templates that really "they" could have gotten from anywhere for all you know- I wouldn't bother. Example: Top Navigation templates to mimic tabs for sub pages is not only common- I doubt anyone could credit the first wiki or user who did it.