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Wikipedia:Attribution (WP:ATT) is an attempt to unite Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V) and Wikipedia:No original research (WP:NOR). It is not the result of any single editor; it was worked on for over five months by more than 300 editors. It was upgraded to policy on 15 February, 2007. The proposal was e-mailed to Wikipedia co-founder Jimbo Wales, made public on various policy talk pages, on the WikiEN-L mailing list, and was announced on The Wikipedia Signpost.

Important aspects of Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS) were also merged into WP:ATT, with other information to be incorporated into the accompanying Wikipedia:Attribution/FAQ (WP:ATTFAQ). The intention is to express present policy more clearly and concisely, and to make it more manageable and easier to follow by having it on one page.

More recently, on the WikiEN-L mailing list, Jimbo Wales suggested:^[1]

"A broad community discussion to shed light on the very good work done by a group of people laboring away on WP:ATT and related pages", (see: Wikipedia talk:Attribution/Community discussion), and then,
"a poll to assess the feelings of the community as best we can, and then we can have a final certification of the results" (this poll).

References:

^ Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales, "Just what *is* Jimbo's role anyway?" WikiEN-L, 06:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Instructions

Familiarize yourself with the debate:
- Summary of the objectives of the merger
- Jimbo's initial comments on this issue are here, and here.
- Wikipedia talk:Attribution/Community discussion.
Vote for your preference(s) by typing # ~~~~ and a short comment if desired.
Do not directly respond on this page to opinions of other editors; discussion should take place on the designated talk page. Comments in the voting sections of this page should be limited to votes and short statements. Responses in the 'polling' section will be refactored and moved to the Talk page.
For further comments use the assigned "Comments" section.

Notes

This is a straw poll, not a strict vote. As such, any numeric results will not be definitive. This is a means of gathering opinions in an organized way.
Wikipedia:Attribution is not intended as a change to policy, but as a more maintainable consolidation of it. Editors are not being canvassed on desired changes, and debates over long-standing principles and policy wording should be avoided.

Q1. Wikipedia:Attribution proposes that the current Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:No original research policy with the Wikipedia:Reliable sources guideline be merged into a single policy page. Do you:

[You can vote any of the options, or vote 1st option, 2nd option and so forth]

A. Support the merger of the three pages in the current form

B. Support some form of a merger, but not the current proposal

C. Support maintaining the current pages in their current form

D. Have some other opinion (just vote here, opine in the comments section)

E. Abstain, because m:Voting is evil

Q2 If the pages are merged should they include:

[Vote in the appropriate section, "yes" or "no".

Wikipedia:Verifiability

Yes.

No.

Wikipedia:No original research

Yes.

No.

Wikipedia:Reliable sources

Yes.

No.

Comments

NOTE: Please limit your statement here to 500 words. All replies to points will be refactored/placed onto the poll's talk page. You may change or edit your statement. If you want to endorse someone else's, you may endorse it, but only one total entry per person, please.

[WikiEN-L0656-20070321-1] Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales, "Just what *is* Jimbo's role anyway?" WikiEN-L, 06:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

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 [[Wikipedia:Attribution]] (WP:ATT) is an attempt to unite [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]] (WP:V) and [[Wikipedia:No original research]] (WP:NOR). It is not the result of any single editor; it was worked on for over five months by more than 300 editors. It was upgraded to policy on  [[15 February]], [[2007]]. The proposal was e-mailed to Wikipedia co-founder [[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo Wales]], made public on various policy talk pages, on the [[WP:ML|WikiEN-L]] mailing list, and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-02-19/News_and_notes| was announced]] on ''[[WP:SIGNPOST|The Wikipedia Signpost]]''.
-Important aspects of [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources]] (WP:RS) were also merged into WP:ATT, with other information to be incorporated into the accompanying [[Wikipedia:Attribution/FAQ]] (WP:ATTFAQ). The intention was to express present policy more clearly and concisely, and to make it more manageable and easier to follow by having it on one page.
+Important aspects of [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources]] (WP:RS) were also merged into WP:ATT, with other information to be incorporated into the accompanying [[Wikipedia:Attribution/FAQ]] (WP:ATTFAQ). The intention is to express present policy more clearly and concisely, and to make it more manageable and easier to follow by having it on one page.
 More recently, on  the WikiEN-L mailing list, Jimbo Wales suggested:<ref name="WikiEN-L0656-20070321">Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales, [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2007-March/065985.html "Just what *is* Jimbo's role anyway?"] ''[[WP:ML|WikiEN-L]]'', 06:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC)</ref>
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 ;Instructions
 *Familiarize yourself with the debate:
-** Summary of the objectives of the merger: [[Wikipedia:Attribution/Attribution explanation]]
+** [[Wikipedia:Attribution/Attribution explanation|Summary of the objectives of the merger]]
 ** Jimbo's initial comments on this issue are [[Wikipedia_talk:Attribution#This_merger_is_a_really_bad_idea|here]], and  [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Attribution&diff=116717973&oldid=116717460 here].
-** Discussion under several heads: [[Wikipedia talk:Attribution/Community discussion]].
+**[[Wikipedia talk:Attribution/Community discussion]].
-** Other statements:
 *Vote for your preference(s) by typing <nowiki># ~~~~</nowiki> and a short comment if desired.
 *Do not directly respond on this page to opinions of other editors; discussion should take place on the designated talk page. Comments in the voting sections of this page should be limited to votes and short statements. Responses in the 'polling' section will be refactored and moved to the Talk page.
-*For further comments use the assigned "Additional comments" section.
+*For further comments use the assigned "Comments" section.
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 ;Notes
 * This is a [[Wikipedia:Straw_polls|straw poll]], not a strict vote. As such, any numeric results will not be definitive. This is a means of gathering opinions in an organized way.
 * [[Wikipedia:Attribution]] is '''not''' intended as a change to policy, but as a more maintainable consolidation of it. Editors are not being canvassed on desired changes, and debates over long-standing principles and policy wording should be avoided.
-* Related questions have been asked at the community discussion, see [[Wikipedia talk:Attribution/Community discussion#Should_WP:V_and_WP:NOR_have_been_merged_at_all.3F|Should WP:V and WP:NOR have been merged at all?]] and [[Wikipedia talk:Attribution/Community discussion#If_they_remain_merged.2C_should_WP:RS_remain_merged_with_them.3F|If they remain meged, should WP:RS remain merged with them?]]
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