User talk:216.16.202.242

Hi Dianna,

My name is Dianne Folkerth, and I'm the environmental education coordinator at Wild Basin. I corrected a bunch of information as well as added some updated links to our Wikipedia page. You seem to have removed them all. Would you explain which parts violated Wikipedia copyright rules? I read through the section you pasted and I can't figure out what the error was.

None of what I wrote is protected by copyright. I updated the links to our current website and Facebook page. My text edits were to update the page to correct information that is important that we get right for visitors: the name of the place, our correct city, open hours, what is allowed or prohibited when visiting, and the co-management of the preserve and facilities with Travis County and St. Edward's University.

I hope this message gets to you. I've literally no idea what to do here to get our correct information listed at Wikipedia.

Thanks,

Dianne Folkerth dfolkert@stedwards.edu 512-327-7622 216.16.202.242 (talk) 18:44, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello 216.16.202.242, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve 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 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 Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
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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. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 22:04, 29 June 2019 (UTC)