Is Wikipedia Content copyrighted or public ?

Hello, this may be a dumb question but I wanna know that because I will use the wiki content in my site.

 

The Wikimedia Foundation does NOT own copyright of articles and illustration...However, they do own the copyright on the Wikipedia/Wikimedia logos (trademarked)

 

Wikipedia contents are owned by the public. Contents there are contributed by internet users. Hence, they are not copyrighted.

 

Yeah. It's a wikipedia is a collaborative website from all users... therefore, it's not copyrighted

 

Wikipedia content is written by users of the wikipedia so its a OPEN PUBLIC CONTENT
But even if you use , it would be duplicate in eyes of search engines, so i wouldn't advice it

 

its public, u can use them 4 ur site

 

I thought that is kind of common knowledge that it`s public content.

 

I believe that it is public domain. anyone can freely edit it.

 

You can freely use the content on your site..

 

you can use Wikipedia content. but it can't help you in search engines. because search engine like only original and fresh content.

 

rewrite wiki content is the best option for you if you are going to use them.

 

It is not copyrighted because it is always editable by a member. Anyone can become member.

 

I guess there is no copyright. It is for public.

 

Yes its totally public site for public use.

 

The content is held under copyright by the people who edit it. The copyright is listed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. What that means is that if you use content from there, you must mark it as being from there and provide a link back to the original.

References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Copyright

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/