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WikiWorld

WikiWorld comic: "Dr. Seuss"

WikiWorld is a weekly comic, carried by the Signpost, that highlights a few of the fascinating but little-known articles in the vast Wikipedia archives. The text for each comic is excerpted from one or more existing Wikipedia articles. WikiWorld offers visual interpretations on a wide range of topics: offbeat cultural references and personality profiles, obscure moments in history and unlikely slices of everyday life - as well as "mainstream" subjects with humorous potential.

Cartoonist Greg Williams developed the WikiWorld project in cooperation with the Wikimedia Foundation, and is releasing the comics under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 license for use on Wikipedia and elsewhere. Williams works as a visual journalist for the US-based The Tampa Tribune, a daily newspaper in Tampa, Florida. He also has worked as an illustrator and designer at newspapers in Dubuque, Iowa, and Dayton, Ohio.


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Please see commons:Image_talk:Redshirt_comic.jpg#License. Superm401 - Talk 07:19, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would be inclined to believe that excerpting small parts of text would not attach GFDL, in the same way that the Signpost can, for example, excerpt parts of mailing list conversations that haven't been licensed for on-wiki use. For now, I think we can leave it up, with the understanding that image licensing details can be worked out at another time. Ral315 (talk) 21:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think when the entire illustration depends on (and includes) the GFDL text, a derivative work is formed. I also just think it's respectful to the authors to keep the same license. Superm401 - Talk 00:37, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Link to article

It'd be nice to include a link to the article which each week's cartoon was drawn from. Could just be at the end of the text blurb at the top. --CBD 13:55, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried adding a link in the line just below the heading. (Does that work for you, Ral315?) --Greg Williams 14:06, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I had placed a link in the actual heading. I could do that, or go your way- either looks fine. Ral315 (talk) 05:16, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Either (or both) would be fine with me. I'll continue to include the line of text below the comics, as well. Thanks! --Greg Williams 14:14, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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