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Copyright problems with Mississinewa Lake

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Problems with upload of File:Autumn in Harrison-Crawford.jpg

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List of Indiana State Lakes

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It is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article. MadmanBot (talk) 12:29, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Indiana State Parks

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It is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article. MadmanBot (talk) 16:25, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Please do not copy article text wholesale

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Speedy deletion nomination of Greene-Sullivan State Forest

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A tag has been placed on Greene-Sullivan State Forest, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Jackson-Washington State Forest

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A tag has been placed on Jackson-Washington State Forest requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a clear copyright infringement. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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May 2012

Your addition has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Acroterion (talk) 18:32, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Content from Indiana websites is copyrighted: it is not public domain. You've been warned before: if you copy non-free content into Wikipedia you may be blocked. Even verified public-domain material must still be appropriately attributed. Acroterion (talk) 18:34, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Article Cleanup

Please take a look at how I formatted Selmier State Forest‎, including the required references. Look at the other new articles you started and make the appropriate changes. Make sure you aren't copying text directly from another website, but are writing it on your own.

Thanks David (talk) 19:33, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

The last two are just barely not copyright violations; a little more practice at summary from sources might be needed, together with referencing. You're still re-using phrases and word sequences. Acroterion (talk) 19:58, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Where can i get some summary practice from? When I say that I mean which sources as I am goiong off what someone else sent me, not knowing they had copied it word for word off of our dnr website for that property. Also what do I need to know about photos when adding these?

I'd suggest writing more on Wikipedia, consciously using sources as sources of information rather than for words and sentences. With practice it becomes easy. You can work in a sandbox, and it helps to use multiple sources, which also increases your Google-fu. You should never blindly copy anything into Wikipedia: it violates a bunch of policies including WP:V and WP:RS, apart from putting you in hazard of copyright problems. The best way is to type every word, consciously avoiding the same language, and never copy-paste unless it's a clearly attributed and referenced quote (which is to say, almost never unless it's a famous quotation). As for images, if you didn't take the picture, and if it didn't come from an ironclad public-domain source (i.e., one of a few clearly-identified U.S. (not state) government sources, you can't upload it.Acroterion (talk) 20:13, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

How do I get into the sandbox to work in it?

Go to User:Pocka06/sandbox and you're there. You can set up any suffix after the slash to make a different userspace. Acroterion (talk) 20:27, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Make sure you use the last version: between my typos and the server lag I had to make a few corrections. Acroterion (talk) 20:29, 16 May 2012 (UTC)