Template talk:CCBYSASource

Accomodating CC-BY too
Since we can also utilise CC-By as well as CC-By-SA, it might be useful to make this template able to fit CC-by sources as well, while noting that our articles are CC-By-SA licensed. I suggest changing the current wording to something like:

As of [ this edit], this article uses content from '', which is licensed under a Creative Commons license. As such, this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, but not under GFDL. All relevant terms must be followed. The original article was at [ ""].''

Unlike the current text, this doesn't specify the license of the source, but still notes that our article is CC-By-SA licensed. As such, we can use it on articles incorporating both CC-By and CC-By-SA. Any thoughts? – Toon (talk)  18:53, 18 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Since not all CC licenses are usable (we can't use non-commercial, for instance), what about:

As of [ this edit], this article uses content from '', which is licensed under a compatible Creative Commons license. As such, this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, but not under GFDL. All relevant terms must be followed. The original article was at [ ""].''


 * It kind of begs the question "compatible with what?" but we don't want it to get too long. Hmmm. What about:

As of [ this edit], this article uses content from '', which is licensed in such a way to permit reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, but not under GFDL. All relevant terms must be followed. The original article was at [ ""].''


 * That would seem to cover it? --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:23, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I like it, although which is licensed in such a way to sounds like they did this in order to permit re-use... how about this article uses content from ', which is licensed in such a way that permits reuse under the... or even just licensed in a way that permits reuse.... I might just be being fussy about phrasing here, mind you.  Ooh, we have template smilies! –  Toon (talk) ''' 19:37, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sold! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:09, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Tracking category
I've added a tracking category, Category:Articles with imported Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 text, as discussed at Wikipedia_talk:Copyrights. This will help with Mirrors and forks and probably other things. Superm401 - Talk 21:49, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Date of revision
Could the date of the revision engaging this template be added into the text either automatically from the revision number or as an optional parameter, so that the wording would then say, for example, As of this edit (October 2023), this article uses content from ...? BobKilcoyne (talk) 04:27, 23 October 2023 (UTC)