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All content in Patholines can be copied to Wikipedia as long as appropriate attribution is made. For article text, such attribution can practically be made as a mention in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_summary Edit summary], mentioning the Patholines article author(s) and the URL of the Patholines article.  
All content in Patholines can be copied to Wikipedia as long as appropriate attribution is made. For article text, such attribution can practically be made as a mention in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_summary Edit summary], mentioning the Patholines article author(s) and the URL of the Patholines article.  


The other way around, Wikipedia images (as well as images from [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons]) that have a compatible license can be used in Patholines. However, because the text in Wikipedia articles is licensed under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License a Attribution + ShareAlike license], Wikipedia text cannot be directly copied to Patholines. Similarly, Wikipedia images released under a ShareAlike license can only be used with written permission from the author to have it published under CC BY or CC0. A response by private email is generally sufficient for this purpose. It is even more beneficial if the author agrees to change the license of the work at Wikipedia, such as changing the licensing template to {{tl|Cc-by-4.0}} on image description pages. If a more rigorous procedure is warranted, the author may store a permission note in the release generator of Wikimedia: https://tools.wmflabs.org/relgen/
The other way around, Wikipedia images (as well as images from [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons]) that have a compatible license can be used in Patholines. However, because the text in Wikipedia articles is licensed under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License a Attribution + ShareAlike license], Wikipedia text cannot be directly copied to Patholines. Similarly, Wikipedia images released under a ShareAlike license can only be used with written permission from the author to have it published under CC BY or CC0. A response by private email is generally sufficient for this purpose. It is even more beneficial if the author agrees to change the license of the work at Wikipedia, such as changing the licensing template to {{tl|Cc-by-4.0}} on image description pages.<ref group=note>If you want even more rigorous proof that the author approves of the licensing of a work, the author may store a permission note in the release generator of Wikimedia: https://tools.wmflabs.org/relgen/</ref>


==Plagiarism==
==Plagiarism==