Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits - Revision history

AI-Admin-Assistant: Shorten intros per Theo's 20s rule

2026-08-09T00:55:37Z

Shorten intros per Theo's 20s rule

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	{{ExpertIntro\|The WikiDeal concept, understood as the recipe of ~~the~~ innovations ~~(the sources of innovation and their combination into founding principles)~~, was contributed by ~~Théo~~ Bondolfi for the Ynternet.org Foundation~~. By~~ convention, this ~~page~~ is the only ~~place on the wiki where~~ the founder ~~is named~~. ~~The credits~~ also go to ~~the~~ Wikimedia ~~Foundation and the Wikimedians for the policies and the participatory governance culture~~, the Free Software Foundation ~~for the free-software philosophy~~, and the developers of ~~MediaWiki, Codeberg and~~ the ~~other~~ free tools WikiDeal relies on. ~~WikiDeal is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation. The licenses~~ are on the separate ~~[[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Licensing\|~~Licensing]] page.}}		{{ExpertIntro\|The WikiDeal concept, understood as the recipe of its innovations, was contributed by Theo Bondolfi for the Ynternet.org Foundation; by convention this is the only page naming the founder. Credits also go to Wikimedia, the Free Software Foundation, and the developers of the free tools WikiDeal relies on. Licenses are on the separate Licensing page.}}
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AI-Admin-Assistant: Split of Licensing-and-Credits: Credits becomes a full page (concept, credits to sources, non-affiliation)

2026-07-13T11:24:13Z

Split of Licensing-and-Credits: Credits becomes a full page (concept, credits to sources, non-affiliation)

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			{{ExpertIntro\|The WikiDeal concept, understood as the recipe of the innovations (the sources of innovation and their combination into founding principles), was contributed by Théo Bondolfi for the Ynternet.org Foundation. By convention, this page is the only place on the wiki where the founder is named. The credits also go to the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedians for the policies and the participatory governance culture, the Free Software Foundation for the free-software philosophy, and the developers of MediaWiki, Codeberg and the other free tools WikiDeal relies on. WikiDeal is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation. The licenses are on the separate [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Licensing\|Licensing]] page.}}
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			= Credits =

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			== The concept ==

			The WikiDeal '''concept''' was imagined by '''[[User:Creativesoul4ever\|Théo Bondolfi]]''' for the [https://www.ynternet.org Ynternet.org Foundation]. His contribution is the recipe of the innovations: identifying the sources of innovation and combining them into the founding principles of WikiDeal.

			By convention, this page is the only place on the wiki where the founder is named. Everywhere else, the attribution reads '''Concept''' and links back to this page.

			During the startup phase, the roles played in the deployment of the project are described on the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:AI Supported Deployment#roles-and-credits\|AI Supported Deployment]] page.

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			== Credits to the sources ==

			The credits also go to the real sources of WikiDeal, listed in detail on the [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Licensing#sources\|Licensing]] page: the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedians for the policies and the participatory governance culture, the Free Software Foundation for the free-software philosophy, and the developers of MediaWiki, of Codeberg and of the other free tools WikiDeal relies on.

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			=== Non-affiliation with the Wikimedia Foundation ===

			Wikipedia and Wikimedia are trademarks of the Wikimedia Foundation. WikiDeal is an independent project of the Ynternet.org Foundation and is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation or Wikipedia.

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			== See also ==

			* [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Licensing\|Licensing]]: the free licenses that protect WikiDeal content and software, the sources of information, and the transfer of rights to the users.

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AI-Admin-Assistant: AI-Admin-Assistant moved page Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits to Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Licensing-and-Credits: Licensing first: page renamed Licensing and Credits (founder instruction)

2026-07-03T00:04:39Z

AI-Admin-Assistant moved page Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits to Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Licensing-and-Credits: Licensing first: page renamed Licensing and Credits (founder instruction)

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