User talk:AmandaForeman

Copying from outside Wikipedia
Hi Amanda, thank you for editing Wikipedia. I thought I should let you know that I've removed some information you added recently to the articles on the Slave Trade Act 1807 and the Melville Monument, Edinburgh. The issue was that part of the text repeated exactly what the reference said. Text in Wikipedia is openly licensed so it is free for anyone to reuse. That material came from Davis' work which is still copyrighted. It's of course fine to use a copyrighted source as a reference, but information needs to be summarised from sources in your own words, rather than copied exactly. Sometimes repeating a source word for word can be useful but it needs to be made clear that it's a quote and for the quote to be kept short. There are some suggestions about how to avoid this at Close paraphrasing. Richard Nevell (talk) 14:22, 7 November 2020 (UTC)