Talk:How to rebuild a Rochester Quadrajet 4MV carburetor
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You may notice I removed the block quote and credits from a couple passages of mine from the Hotrodders forum that were used here. I did this when I made additions/changes to the original text because it's obviously now different than the ''original'' text. It's still original- all from me- but in this case I don't need to be credited directly for the text. I think if it were credited like that, contributors will be too hesitant to edit. That OK?--[[User:Cobalt327|Cobalt327]] 07:43, 5 April 2012 (MDT) | You may notice I removed the block quote and credits from a couple passages of mine from the Hotrodders forum that were used here. I did this when I made additions/changes to the original text because it's obviously now different than the ''original'' text. It's still original- all from me- but in this case I don't need to be credited directly for the text. I think if it were credited like that, contributors will be too hesitant to edit. That OK?--[[User:Cobalt327|Cobalt327]] 07:43, 5 April 2012 (MDT) | ||
:I'm wondering if the entries that came from Hotrodders forum threads need to be individually credited. Maybe a short acknowledgement at the end of that particular section, or a blanket statement that acknowledges ALL the contributors at the beginning or end (or somewhere in between) of the page would be enough? My reasoning on this, is that the direct quote/credit format might deter other contributors from correcting/editing the entries. And if any credited entries were edited and the credits NOT removed, the ''original'' contributor would then be credited w/material not of his making. This could be a problem if the edit was incorrect or the original contributor disagreed w/it. Obviously this is ''just an opinion''. I have absolutely no problem w/how you do it, and the article can be any way you think best. As long as the info is correct there shouldn't be a problem, anyway.--[[User:Cobalt327|Cobalt327]] 15:28, 5 April 2012 (MDT) | :I'm wondering if the entries that came from Hotrodders forum threads need to be individually credited. Maybe a short acknowledgement at the end of that particular section, or a blanket statement that acknowledges ALL the contributors at the beginning or end (or somewhere in between) of the page would be enough? My reasoning on this, is that the direct quote/credit format might deter other contributors from correcting/editing the entries. And if any credited entries were edited and the credits NOT removed, the ''original'' contributor would then be credited w/material not of his making. This could be a problem if the edit was incorrect or the original contributor disagreed w/it. Obviously this is ''just an opinion''. I have absolutely no problem w/how you do it, and the article can be any way you think best. As long as the info is correct there shouldn't be a problem, anyway.--[[User:Cobalt327|Cobalt327]] 15:28, 5 April 2012 (MDT) | ||
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| + | ::I have been thinking about this for a long time myself. My issue was that since I was originally working on this article by myself based solely on the Rebuild Thread and Cliff's book, I wanted to give proper credit. However, now that we have several contributors, some of whom were originally quoted, it does make it worth asking if those quotes should be kept. I believe the quotes can be reworded to be a part of the article text, with citation to the proper thread and post. This way, any quotes that have misspellings or incorrect grammar will no longer be an issue. This will also allow the a wiki article itself to take up less space. If you feel you can reword your quoted text to be part of the article, please by all means go for it. --[[User:LT1Silverhawk|LT1Silverhawk]] 20:58, 5 April 2012 (MDT) | ||
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