User talk:AlexThomasJR

September 2013
Hello AlexThomasJR, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to User:AlexThomasJR has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


 * 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 a cited source. You can read about this at Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also 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 Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Copyrights. You may also want to review Copy-paste.
 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
 * Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied without attribution. If you want to copy from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Copying within Wikipedia.

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. Drm310 (talk) 18:05, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Alex Thomas (3) (September 17)
 Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. The submission has not been accepted because it included copyrighted information, which is not permitted on Wikipedia. You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work. The existing submission may be deleted at any time. Copyrighted work cannot be allowed to remain on Wikipedia.
 * If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the [ Articles for creation help desk], or on the [ . Please remember to link to the submission!
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 * Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 18:11, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Please write your own article!
Dear Alex: The information that you have been adding about Alex Thomas sounds interesting, but to have it accepted you will have to write it totally in your own words. Wikipedia can't accept text that has been copied from a web site. That's because all of Wikipedia's text can be used, changed or even sold by anyone. Please don't keep cutting and pasting from web sites about this comedian, because you are wasting the time of the volunteers. Instead, please find news reports, reviews or magazine articles not written by people connected with him, write in your own words information that you find in the articles, and then add the news reports, etc., as references for the information. Thanks, and I hope to see an original and well-referenced article about Alex Thomas soon. &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 18:18, 17 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I would also add that if you are Alex Thomas, you should not write an article about yourself. Wikipedia has clear guidelines that discourage writing autobiographies. If what you have done in life is genuinely notable and can be verified according to our policy for articles about living people, someone else will probably create an article about you sooner or later. --Drm310 (talk) 18:49, 17 September 2013 (UTC)