23 June 2026
- Reality (history · last edit · rewrite) https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reality
The main definition on the dictionary page is copied with some additional text inserted in the middle. I assumed that this would be allowed if the content was quoted. I tried to do that a couple of times but I was reverted. Maybe this case is trivial and we don't need to do anything but I wanted to check with you.
- Our text says the state of all things - including objects, facts, and events - as they exist, rather than how they might be imagined to be
- The source says the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be.
- It's not a one-to-one copy but it may fall under WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASE. Phlsph7 (talk) 16:36, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
- Simply enclosing an exact copy in quotation marks would suffice as far as I can tell. Unfortunately editors are not satisfied with "things" and wish to elaborate inline. Maybe we should try yet again to get a definition that is not a quote. Johnjbarton (talk) 17:52, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
No copyright concern. Material is PD, license compatible, or ineligible for copyright protection. WP:LIMITED Tenshi! (Talk page) 18:28, 23 June 2026 (UTC)