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{{Information page|WP:SCRIPT|WP:SCRIPTS|WP:IRCSCRIPTS}} | {{Information page|WP:SCRIPT|WP:SCRIPTS|WP:IRCSCRIPTS}} | ||
This page serves as a central repository for [[Scripting language|scripts]] on [[Wikipedia]]. Please feel free to improve any of these scripts but make sure to test your changes first. Like the rest of Wikipedia, all material here is under [[Creative Commons|CC-BY-SA 3.0]]. See [[Wikipedia:Scripts#License|licensing]] for further details. | This page serves as a central repository for [[Scripting language|scripts]] on [[Wikipedia]]. Please feel free to improve any of these scripts but make sure to test your changes first. Like the rest of Wikipedia, all material here is under [[Creative Commons|CC-BY-SA 3.0]]. See [[Wikipedia:Scripts#License|licensing]] for further details. | ||
== Guidelines == | == Guidelines == | ||
=== KISS === | === KISS === | ||
Remember to [[KISS principle|Keep it simple, stupid]]. Do one thing and do it well; this is a place for simple scripts and not whole programs. | Remember to [[KISS principle|Keep it simple, stupid]]. Do one thing and do it well; this is a place for simple scripts and not whole programs. | ||
=== License === | === License === | ||
All material on Wikipedia is by default under the [[WP:CC-BY-SA]] license (and in most cases, also the [[GNU Free Documentation License]] (GFDL)). The CC-BY-SA license is designed for artistic and literary works but not for software. If you want your work to be of the greatest use to the public, please consider dual-licensing it and releasing it under a [[Free_software#Free_Speech_definition|free software license]] such as the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL) in addition to the other license(s). Like the GFDL, the GPL is released by the [[Free Software Foundation]]. You can use both by explicitly stating in a comment at the start of your script that your script is dual-licensed under the GPL. | All material on Wikipedia is by default under the [[WP:CC-BY-SA]] license (and in most cases, also the [[GNU Free Documentation License]] (GFDL)). The CC-BY-SA license is designed for artistic and literary works but not for software. If you want your work to be of the greatest use to the public, please consider dual-licensing it and releasing it under a [[Free_software#Free_Speech_definition|free software license]] such as the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL) in addition to the other license(s). Like the GFDL, the GPL is released by the [[Free Software Foundation]]. You can use both by explicitly stating in a comment at the start of your script that your script is dual-licensed under the GPL. | ||