Help:Copying from Wikipedia

What should be copied
Everything!

A good place to start may be the Articles for Deletion.

You may also like to check Wikipedia:Category:Robert E. Howard for various things that can be added from them to here as an article. However, the chances are that they are already here.

How to copy an article
Wikicities technical people are working on a process similar to Transwiki, but that is not ready yet.


 * In edit mode in the Wikipedia article, select all the source of the article, and copy (don't cut!).
 * In edit mode in the Conan Wiki article, paste.
 * Note: Not all templates and categories work here. See if they do by previewing the article. If they don't, either:
 * Delete them from the article.
 * Add them to Conan Wiki
 * Add the acknowledgment template (see below).
 * Save the Conan Wiki article.
 * Add a link to the Conan Wiki article in the "See also" section of the Wikipedia article. Save the Wikipedia article.

Adding the acknowledgment template
Before the first save, for a simple permanent acknowledgment and reference, add the template (where Page Name is the title of the English Wikipedia article). Click "Show preview" to see how it all looks. The template should have produced something like this:

Further improvements

 * Edit the Conan Wiki article, making it the best possible article!
 * Edit Wikipedia links - that is, change  to   when appropriate, so that they direct to the Wikipedia article if we don't have one of the same name and you don't expect we ever will.
 * To prevent "Wikipedia:" from appearing in the link text, such links must be "piped". If the target page is the same as the link name simply write the link like, and it will be expanded to   upon saving. To have the link be different from the name of the target page, fill it in after the pipe  symbol like
 * Move any fancruft, moving it to the Discussion page (where fan opinion is encouraged).

Merging articles from Wikipedia with Conan wiki articles
Sometimes, someone may have started an article here when an article already exists on Wikipedia.

To merge them, follow these steps.
 * Compare the articles.
 * In edit mode in the Wikipedia article, copy those parts our article lacks.
 * Paste those into the article lacking those parts.
 * Add the acknowledgment template, and make other improvements, as above.