User talk:Derek the Torchic

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Hi there, I noticed that you reported a wiki to be closed because they copied CSS pages from another wiki. This, however, is not a blockable offense in light of Wikia's Terms of Use. Nearly all content on Wikia may be used by other wiki's due to the CC-BY-SA licensing.
 * ''Wikias Using the CC-BY-SA license: To grow the commons of free knowledge and free culture, all users editing or otherwise contributing to wikias that use the CC BY-SA license agree to grant broad permissions to the general public to re-distribute and re-use their contributions freely for any purpose, including commercial use, in accordance with the CC BY-SA license. Such use is allowed where attribution is given and the same freedom to re-use and re-distribute applies to any derivative works of the contributions.

By editing or otherwise contributing to a wikia that uses the CC BY-SA license, you agree to license any text you change or contribute under the CC BY-SA license.'' As such, they can use your CSS, though they need give attribution to you, as long as they credit your wiki as the place where they took the code from. To resolve this, it is best to talk to the administrators of the wiki in question that took your CSS and ask them politely to adhere to Wikia's policy of giving attribution when taking something from another wiki. If they remain uncooperative, then you can and explain your situation to them.

Kind regards. 11:57, December 18, 2015 (UTC)