Meaning
Attribution identifies a creator or source using the information required by the relevant context or license.
A practical example
An attribution draft can include a work's title, creator, source link, license link and a note about modifications.
What to check
Credit and permission are different questions. A polished credit line does not establish that the intended reuse is authorized.
For a related planning or text task, open the source attribution builder. The tool has its own limits; its result is not a measurement or approval of every concept described here.
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Continue: Sources and attribution
- Source attribution builder
- What to record from a Wikimedia Commons file page before editing
- Review individual NASA media credits instead of assuming every file is identical
- Primary source
- Secondary source
- Provenance
- Format supplied source records into a credit draft
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