Talk:Law of definite composition

I will soon be posting the new Page of Law of definite compositions on the temporary page in a day or so, so you know, and it won't be copywriter this time.Wrecker1431 (talk) 01:35, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Please consider adding the new information to the existing article, Law of definite proportions, because the two terms are synonymous. The new information would enhance the existing article a bit, I think and it would be less confusing to readers. --EPadmirateur (talk) 02:34, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Looks to me like a clear cut WP:SPEEDY copyvio. Rehevkor ✉  03:19, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

I finished what i could on the article, if its not enough, then you can delete it.Wrecker1431 (talk) 22:43, 25 January 2011 (UTC)


 * There were several problems with the article and its rewrite, I'm afraid. First, the source used is not reliable, as in fact it is a fork of the Wikipedia article Law of definite proportions. You can copy from the Wikipedia article, if you properly attribute (see Copying within Wikipedia), but you can't copy or cite an external source that is copying Wikipedia. (I don't know at what point they copied us, but you can see some of the content already here, and they acknowledge the copying at the bottom of the page.) In terms of copying from Law of definite proportions, we don't fork without good reason. See Content forking. If there is good reason to split some of that content off into a separate article, please do make sure to attribute. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:21, 2 February 2011 (UTC)