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Wikipedia and copyright
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Hello Fydbac! Your additions to Natchez, Mississippi have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.
- You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
- Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. DanCherek (talk) 14:33, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
- Welcome, Fydbac. I reinserted some of the material you added, but in my own words. I also created a rudimentary article for Devil's Punchbowl (Natchez, Mississippi), and added a reference. Please feel free to work on both the articles, but take care to follow the copyright policy discussed above. If you have any questions, feel free to ask! Jacona (talk) 15:23, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you SO much DanCherek and Jacona! I'm afraid I was definitely lazy in writing in my own words, so thought it best to pull an illegal move in hopes that someone would do a much better job of adding it than I. So sorry for the trouble, and for basically baiting to have such info added more officially! Thank you once again for your time, and Jacona for making such efforts! It's greatly appreciated! Hope my method didn't inconvenience either of you too badly! I so rarely do wiki edits (once every few years perhaps), and only for things I feel are highly important: so everytime feels like the 1st time (barely knowing how to reply). Hope you both are treating yourself well!Fydbac (talk) 17:11, 11 January 2022 (UTC)