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==Usage==
 
==Usage==
<nowiki>{{wikipedia|page_name}}</nowiki>
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<nowiki>{{wikipedia | page_name}}</nowiki>
  
 
where 'page_name' is the page on wikipedia the content was taken from. Spaces in the original page title will need to be replaced by underscores.
 
where 'page_name' is the page on wikipedia the content was taken from. Spaces in the original page title will need to be replaced by underscores.
  
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==Display example==
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<nowiki>{{wikipedia | Janet_Hardy}}</nowiki> on [[Janet Hardy|our page]] about her produces
  
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This article on Janet Hardy incorporates text from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Hardy Wikipedia]
  
 
==Neccessity==
 
==Neccessity==
 
I've added this template as I've found a number of pages have taken content from wikipedia without citing it as the source. Although all text on wikipedia is available under the terms of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License GNU Free Documentation License], that license requires that attribution (credit) is given wherever it appears. This template provides that in an easy way. --[[User:VampWillow|VampWillow]] 11:22, 14 Jun 2005 (BST)
 
I've added this template as I've found a number of pages have taken content from wikipedia without citing it as the source. Although all text on wikipedia is available under the terms of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License GNU Free Documentation License], that license requires that attribution (credit) is given wherever it appears. This template provides that in an easy way. --[[User:VampWillow|VampWillow]] 11:22, 14 Jun 2005 (BST)

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Usage

{{wikipedia | page_name}}

where 'page_name' is the page on wikipedia the content was taken from. Spaces in the original page title will need to be replaced by underscores.

Display example

{{wikipedia | Janet_Hardy}} on our page about her produces

This article on Janet Hardy incorporates text from Wikipedia

Neccessity

I've added this template as I've found a number of pages have taken content from wikipedia without citing it as the source. Although all text on wikipedia is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, that license requires that attribution (credit) is given wherever it appears. This template provides that in an easy way. --VampWillow 11:22, 14 Jun 2005 (BST)

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