User talk:Minoumi

Charles Dewey Day
French user Riba was kind enough to post the following notes on my user page on the French Wikipédia, which I have mainly used to link back to English pages where appropriate (I have adjusted some links in the text below to point to the right locations). This reference information reflects the general philosophy and operating principles of Wikipedia.


 * Copied French text follows here:

Pages utiles

Vous pouvez trouver des explications détaillées à partir des pages : Vous pourrez ajouter par la suite d'autres pages d'aide ou les informations dont vous pensez avoir besoin dans votre espace utilisateur.
 * Premiers pas pour commencer à contribuer sur wikipédia
 * Tout l'indispensable, à lire absolument,
 * Principes fondateurs de Wikipédia à la base du projet. Il s'agit des règles les plus importantes
 * Aide:Sommaire, plus complet, à lire à tête reposée.
 * Aide:Syntaxe, les conventions d'écriture à connaître.
 * Aide:Poser une question, si vous vous sentez perdu.

Bonnes contributions !


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Now, as far as your questions:
 * 1) I think that incorporating expanded perspectives into the French language article is certainly acceptable although over the longer term it may be desirable to incorporate some of that material into the English language article as well. Material should be supported; see Citez vos sources.
 * 2) Generally, a Wikipedia article cannot be used to support another Wikipedia article. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography however does exist in both English & French; see Dictionnaire biographique du Canada. I think that the French link for the cited online material would be Biography at Dictionnaire biographique du Canada en ligne. The English article uses this material as a general reference. I see, however, that this web site seems to be experiencing problems at the moment.
 * 3) It is OK to use material translated from the English Wikipedia as long as the use of that material is attributed. There should links between the English article and the French article. Also, there is a template to identify translated material; in French, it is  . See Modèle:Traduit de for more information. Any "new" material should be supported by sources where appropriate. Again, see Citez vos sources.

I did find page Copying within Wikipedia which seems to only exist in English.

You should be aware that any material that you may submit can be modified (hopefully improving the article) by other editors.

I hope that this is helpful. --Big_iron (talk) 11:26, 17 February 2010 (UTC)