Template:Fandom content/doc

Some Fandom media is licensed under a Wikipedia compatible licence. When this is true text and other media can be copied from Fandom into Wikipedia providing adequate attribution is given.

The Wikia licence, (Like the Wikipedia licence) makes it clear that attribution should be placed in the article:
 * Using Fandom content

Each wiki contains information on which license applies to your use of the text. It is your responsibility to understand and adhere to that license. Text from external sources may attach additional attribution requirements to the work beyond what is described on this page.

When re-using Fandom text that has been posted subject a Creative Commons license, you must provide attribution to the authors using one of the attribution methods described in the section above titled “Attribution.”

Attribution example when re-using Fandom content on your own website:


 * This article uses material from the "Endor" article on the Star Wars wiki at Fandom (formerly Wikia) and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License.

Off-wiki content (for example, emails, IRC chats, off-wiki forums) should not be assumed to be released under this license if this is not explicitly stated.

The Wikipedia plagiarism guideline recommends that attribution is placed in the references section under a bold Attribution statement.

This template implements the attribution requirements.

Usage
The parameters  and   must be set or a red warning is displayed. The older parameter  is still allowed.

The "date" parameter should be set to the date that this template is first used. If it is not set by hand then it will be set by a bot (see AWB:Dated templates).

The"datecopied" parameter should be date the copy was made, but if it is not set or is set to empty then the value of the "date" parameter is displayed. This is a fall back position so that someone else knows the most recent date of where to start look at the history of the articles for the date when the material was copied into Wikipedia.

An example with the usual parameters set: * produces

An example with the inline parameter set: * produces

An example without the datecopied parameter: * produces:

An example with official sitename parameter: * produces:

Hidden categories
There are two hidden categories to help administer this template:
 * Category:Wikipedia articles with the Fandom content template
 * Category:Wikipedia talk pages with the Fandom content template

{	"params": { "sitename": { "description": "The site name the Fandom content was copied from, as it appears in the URL.", "required": true },		"articlename": {}, "article": { "description": "The article Fandom content was copied from", "required": true },		"inline": {}, "official sitename": { "description": "The official site name of the copied content, if it differs from the site name in the URL." },		"datecopied": { "description": "The date the content was copied" },		"date": {} } }