UESPWiki:Archive/CP Would you like to salvage a Wikipedia page?

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Would you like to salvage a Wikipedia page?

Hey UESP, this is just a random guy from the Wikipedia again. We've got an article up for deletion over here, and it doesn't seem like it's going to make it: Architecture of The Elder Scrolls. It doesn't seem like it would be half-bad for your purposes, and it looks like you're lacking an article in this particular topic. (A reasonable name change has been suggested, to "Building styles", so your page might look like "Tamriel:Building Styles") If this isn't suitable for your purposes, that's fine too. Thank you for taking the time to read my post, SulfurousDesign 16:03, 29 January 2007 (EST)

Sure, I'll save it at [[Morrowind:Architecture]]. (Not going with the "Tamriel" namespace because it only applies to Morrowind at this time. If we were to add the other games I might consider moving it.) I may have even contributed to this article at some point, way back before I had a WP account, so I was just one of the nameless IPs. Only thing I'm not sure of is the pictures, though we may have equivalents. I'll look at it later. --TheRealLurlock ^Talk 00:52, 30 January 2007 (EST)

I'm sorry, but we can't use it here. We use the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License, and Wikipedia is under the GFDL. On the bottom of every page of the UESP reads "All content is available under the terms of the Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License.", and we must ensure the accuracy of this statement. --Aristeo | Talk 01:24, 30 January 2007 (EST)

Copyright specific material moved to following Copyright/Licensing section. --Wrye 16:25, 30 January 2007 (EST)

I was about to try to come up with a plan to keep the article, but it looks like it won't be deleted. [1] :) --Aristeo | Talk 09:26, 30 January 2007 (EST)

Look again - the person who removed the tag did so without permission, and it's back up now with an angry addendum telling people not to remove deletion tags. I don't like getting involved in Wikipedia politics, but is there any way at all this material can be legally preserved? Or is it destined to vanish into the digital aether? --TheRealLurlock ^Talk 19:56, 30 January 2007 (EST)

Just an opinion on the matter. We can projectify the page on WP, which is a fine way for storing such pages. Then whoever wants can rewrite it, and take contribs by active members (who will surely agree with that and write it), if needed. The article isn't that consistent, but contains some good info. CP\M 12:40, 1 February 2007 (EST)