Talk:De-Isolation Tutorial

"Credits"

Dev, I'd like to talk to you about the "credits" on this article. As per this discussion, they should be removed. While with the exception of a typo fix by ShadowDancer, they are true, it is the general feeling here that such credits run contrary to the goals of the Wiki, since they in effect claim ownership of a given article and discourage others from editing and improving the article.

What I've done on other articles is to add a note at the bottom, specifically thanking members who wrote the original articles. This seems to be the most fair, to me, since it maintains the sense of credit for writing an article, and gives users the opportunity to contact authors, while inviting other users to improve the article.

Given that you have specifically added the "credit" back on the article after it was removed by Wrye, I can only assume that you have specific feelings on this, so I'd like to discuss the situation before removing it myself. However, my personal feeling is that this article does not warrant a special ownership (as the Modding FAQ most likely does, considering that it is a mirror of your thread at the ESF), and so any indication that this article is "yours", which discourages others from contributing, is not acceptable. I am open to any disagreement you might like to offer, however.
Dragoon Wraith TALK 19:19, 17 July 2007 (EDT)

Yep (although I disagree with attributions even at bottom of page). Since this is a general policy issue already in discussion, it should continue at Article vs Discussion Distinctions. --Wrye 00:00, 18 July 2007 (EDT)

As suggested, I've responded on that page rather than here.--Dev akm 00:39, 18 July 2007 (EDT)

Notes

I've moved Wrye's changes into a new page: ESP Mastering --Dev akm 19:04, 17 July 2007 (EDT)