User talk:Amflis16

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-- 21:42, Monday, August 22, 2016 (UTC)

Welcome!

 * Thank you for the warm welcome, and for the helpful links! I appreciate it!Amflis16 (talk) 00:04, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Amflis16, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to State Library and Archives of Florida 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 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.
 * 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.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * 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 or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate 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. — Ninja Diannaa (Talk) 16:59, 20 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi there Ninja Diannaa, thank you for letting me know of this. I really must apologize for it...I had assumed that the Florida Memory website was open to the public and offered free online content, but I did not stop to consider the text from the website itself. Is there any chance I can add those sections again, but with more suitable wording? It will take some work, and I would really like to see at least the Florida Memory Project get some attention. Would that be all right? Again, I apologize for the misunderstanding, and thank you for bringing it to my attention. Best Regards, Amflis16 (talk) 17:19, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi there Amflis16. I checked carefully and discovered that the source pages are under copyright, and therefore cannot be copy-pasted to Wikipedia. It's okay to re-word the material and then re-add it. I realize that this is a lot more work, and I'm sorry about that, but it's the only option in this case. — Ninja Diannaa (Talk) 17:24, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I will be more careful to check the sources for copyrighted material before adding future edits, to make sure that doesn't happen again. Lesson learned. — Amflis16 (talk) 17:31, 20 September 2016 (UTC)