StrategyWiki talk:Content import

I noticed that NetHack is on the import list. Once it appears here, I plan to start editing the guide here instead of the one at Wikibooks.

Contrary to most Wikibooks game guides, the NetHack guide has its screenshots on Wikimedia Commons instead of Wikibooks. Since the MWDumper apparently is not doing images, I might point something like Commons:User:File Upload Bot (Kernigh) at Strategy Wiki. --Kernigh 18:00, 26 April 2006 (PDT)


 * NetHack is now done. I've left the pages alone for now until you've got the images and all that. Also you might like to double-check that I haven't forgotten a template or something. GarrettTalk 20:39, 26 April 2006 (PDT)

Might I suggest Hero's quest and Monkey Madness Quest for bringing over here? Only 1/2 editors and the pages here seem somewhat lacking. -- Prod 14:49, 4 September 2006 (CDT)

Japanese wiki
I cannot figure out what license this wiki uses, since I can't read it, but it has some useful content. Can anybody tell what license it uses?

http://www29.atwiki.jp/ds_gamecenter_cx/

--SkiDragon 00:51, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It's copyrighted. This page has their license verbage in English. That being said, you're free to use it as a resource, and since it would have to be completely rewritten for an English wiki, you'd have ample opportunity to make the presentation of the information uniquely your own. — najzere T 01:11, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

How to go about importing content
Can someone who knows more about these things than I do please add some text to say how to go about importing content? For example, mentioning what licences the existing content can be under, what the etiquette is about contacting the people who authored the content, and what to do about attribution. I ask because in the Wikia section, it is mentioned that discussions petered out between DrBob and http://supcom.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page, but as the content there is CC-BY-SA can't we just import it anyway without having to ask? Or were the discussions more to do with trying to persuade the people over there to come over here to edit the content? --Pelago 18:00, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I think the wikia section may have been to discuss partnerships, as you're right, we can use their info with attribution if they're on a CC-BY-SA license (some aren't though). As far as contacting authors, it's not necessary if their license is compatible with ours. You only need to contact an author to get his permission, which isn't necessary if it's already in the document. I'll try to add a little about this to the page. — najzere T 18:05, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Alternatively, maybe the "how to" information on content importing should be in Guide, and just linked to from here. Apologies if it's already in the guide - I skimmed the subpage titles there and couldn't see it. Cheers. --Pelago 18:21, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * It's more of a specialty process than something belonging in the user guide. If anything, we'd probably want to link here from Guide/Researching more information. — najzere T 19:00, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

We wouldn't want other sites to just copy all our content for their own site, even if it is legally acceptable, so we don't do it to them without their permission. -- Prod (Talk) 19:41, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the answers. You're right that instructions on content import probably shouldn't clog up main guide, and could just be on this page. Incidentally, I notice very few pages link to this page. Could Content Import be made a Project, maybe, to make it more discoverable? --Pelago 20:51, 27 February 2010 (UTC)