| The oldest archived date of that page is April 2018.
There is clear evidence of natural evolution of the similar content within Wikipedia. We really begin to see this content appear in March 2014, with this edit. There are significant differences between the content as it was then and the content as it will appear in the separate site. After that initial edit, the editor goes back to expand with an explanation of what a paperless society is, here. That explanation is in the external source.
Later, more changes are made here, including the introduction of "It is frequently contrasted with...." which is (with minor alterations) in the external source. Part of the sentence "The spread of digital media has fostered the concept of a paperless society in which all media are produced and consumed on computers" is moved into another sentence: "Digital media has also posed new challenges to copyright and intellectual property laws, fostering an open content movement in which content creators voluntarily give up their intellectual property rights." The external site follows the change, except it concludes with "...in which content creators voluntarily give up some or all of their legal rights to their work." We see "give up their intellectual property rights" become "voluntarily give up some or all of their legal rights to their work" in Wikipedia with this edit.
We see another change in April 2014 where "Digital media can be composed, read, distributed, preserved, and modified..." becomes "Digital media can be created, viewed, distributed, modified and preserved...." The external site uses the later language.
In June 2014, we see the content "This particular issue is known as the digital dark age, in which obsolete hardware and software cannot be accessed by newly produced technology" transformed into "However, challenges to a digital transition remain, including outdated copyright laws, censorship, the digital divide, and the specter of a digital dark age, in which older media becomes inaccessible to new or upgraded information systems." - the external site uses the later language, except for changing "specter" to "spectre." (Other content changes from that edit are also replicated in the external site. "The ubiquity of digital media and its effects on society indicates that a new era of industrial history, known as the Information Age has begun. Academics and other critical opinions point culture leading to a paperless society" becomes "The ubiquity of digital media and its effects on society suggest that we are at the start of a new era in industrial history, called the Information Age, perhaps leading to a paperless society in which all media are produced and consumed on computers." The external site uses the later language, which blends new and old content.)
With current evidence, showing the gradual evolution of content here into a form more consistent with that published on the other site, we need to presume that the content evolved on Wikipedia and was taken from Wikipedia by the external site. If further evidence is uncovered, like an older copy of the article, this should be reevaluated. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 01:40, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply] |
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 12 January 2022 and 22 April 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): BethFarr (article contribs).