Does wikipedia recieve anything for all the posts that are made referencing or completely plagarising their articles? Just wondering.
2006-09-08 15:54:26 · 7 answers · asked by Phoenix_Slasher 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
No, and they don't expect anything in return for people using it. Wikipedia is free content and is meant to be widely distributed - for free.
However, you should attribute your sources. As long as people are referencing it, that's not a problem. Copying it without any attribution to the original authors could be a copyright violation, and is certainly plagiarism.
If you use Wikipedia a lot and you want to give something back, either get involved with editing the site, or make a donation at http://wikimediafoundation.org/
2006-09-12 00:50:27 · answer #1 · answered by Angela 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia cannot be plagarised, since most everything on the site is plagarised or written by users/posters just like you (uncredited).
2006-09-08 22:57:22 · answer #2 · answered by surfinthedesert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always provide a source link back to their page.
2006-09-08 22:58:20 · answer #3 · answered by Joe D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cut it out slasher
2006-09-08 22:56:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
the website http://wikipedia.org ?
2006-09-08 23:43:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they just hope that we'll donate money.
2006-09-08 23:00:44 · answer #6 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk why don't u ask wikipedia
2006-09-08 22:59:29 · answer #7 · answered by Jai K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋