commit 2212597d4862ec84c38e59901cce83d2f89c1c4f
parent 70232824d6895de4f684b2a5de26770d08013ad4
Author: ugrnm <ugrnm@web>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2022 17:02:37 +0200
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diff --git a/editing.mdwn b/editing.mdwn
@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@ Permacomputing wiki is not [[Wikipedia]], so being neutral or encyclopedic is no
At the current stage of maturity of PW, it is often not advisable to write a comprehensive articles about a topic if someone else has already done it elsewhere. Put in a link to that external resource instead. (In the future, we will perhaps want to host copies of all these "dependencies" in the local repository as well, but not yet.)
-At the start of a new page, please include a proper and non-biased definition of the topic before proceeding to the permacomputing-specific points of view. You can use [[Wikipedia]] for this.
+At the start of a new page, please try to include a proper and non-biased definition of the topic before proceeding to the permacomputing-specific points of view. You can use [[Wikipedia]] or other sources for this, just make sure you properly attribute and quote. It can as simple as
+
+> Technology is the active human interface with the material world.
+> But the word is consistently misused to mean only the enormously complex and specialised technologies of the past few decades, supported by massive exploitation both of natural and human resources.
+> This is not an acceptable use of the word.
+>
+> Usula Leguin, 2004, [A Rant About "Technology"](http://www.ursulakleguinarchive.com/Note-Technology.html)
+
+Similarly do not invisibilize people from which you took inspiration and/or learned something from. Take the opportunity of contributing to this wiki to also point to their work and research.
## Acceptable content
