User talk:CjohnsonIII

April 2023
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 * Thank you CjohnsonIII (talk) 00:46, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at DistroKid. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Kiwiz1338 (talk) 00:31, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello CjohnsonIII! Your additions to DistroKid 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, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. DanCherek (talk) 03:00, 7 April 2023 (UTC)