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==Can I copy-paste material into the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki?==
In most cases, the answer is no.

In order to post material into the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki, it will either have to be your original works, works in the public domain, or copyrighted works posted with the expressed consent of the copyright holder. This applies to text as well as images.

===There's this great article online that we should put into the wiki. What do I do?===
You can ask the author of the article to insert it into the wiki, but, in most cases, he or she will refuse.

So, you have two options:

#Use it as a reference in an article (summarize it, and then add a link to it in a "References" heading at the bottom of the article).
#Link to it within the context of the article.

Sometimes, a good wiki article can just be a list of links to other online topical articles.

===What do I do if I see copy-pasted material on the wiki?===
If you see material that you suspect may be copy-pasted into the wiki, it should be addressed ASAP. If you're certain that the material is copyrighted, and shouldn't be in the wiki, simply delete it, and add a link to the copy-pasted article if possible.

Otherwise, add the following bolded text: <b><nowiki>{{copyright}}</nowiki></b> to the top of the page, and the following copyright template will appear:

{{copyright}}

If you see the above copyright template on a wiki page, and you can tell from the page's history that it's been there for at least a couple of weeks, try to research it briefly, and delete the copy-pasted text if appropriate.

==Can I upload images into the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki?==
Yes, but only if the images were created by you (drawings you made, or photos you took, etc.), or if the images come from the public domain or a similar free resource.


==Can I copy and distribute the information in the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki?==
In most cases, the answer is yes.

To ensure that the knowledge within the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki can be freely distributed, all of its articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike license.

Here is a non-legalese summary of the license:

You are free to copy, distribute, and display any of the text, images, and information in the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki, under the following conditions:

*You may not use any portion of the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki for commercial purposes.

*When reproducing information from the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki, you must give credit to the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki, usually in the form of a link.

*If you alter or build upon the Crankshaft Coalition Wiki, you may distribute your resulting work only under a license identical to this one.

For the full legal code, see the  [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/legalcode Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license].