User talk:Allanstein4

November 2018
Hello, I'm Alex Cohn. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Ellen Swallow Richards— because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thanks. Alex Cohn (let's chat!) 18:59, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello, Allanstein4, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

I hope you enjoy editing here. If you haven't already done so, please check out the student training library, which introduces you to editing and Wikipedia's core principles. You may also want to check out the Teahouse, a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to helping new users. Below are some resources to help you get started editing. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:15, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

Copyright and plagiarism
Hello, I received a notification that you had posted material that closely paraphrased or took material verbatim from content that had previously been published elsewhere to your article. This is seen as a copyright issue and plagiarism, even if you were to include the original source as a citation. Always be careful when writing article content - a good way to avoid doing this is to take notes while reading and write your article from those notes.

Unless the material is explicitly marked as falling into the public domain or was released under a compatible Creative Commons license, it should be assumed that the content is copyrighted in a way that would prohibit it from being used verbatim elsewhere. It's always best to write things in your own words, as this can help prevent issues like this from arising. I would like for you to review the module on plagiarism and copyright, thanks. --Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:15, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I received a notification about your most recent post, which was reported to be a copyright violation from here. You cannot and I must stress cannot repost content that has been previously published elsewhere because in almost every case the content will be copyrighted and cannot be reposted. Continuing to do this is seen as disruptive and will almost certainly lead to you receiving a block from editing, which will impede your ability to complete the assignment. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:01, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Response
I've messaged your professor with the contributions you added, so she has a copy of your work. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:41, 17 December 2018 (UTC) ok, thank you