User talk:Fleetwoodmacfactedits

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Hello, Fleetwoodmacfactedits. Welcome to Wikipedia. I am Mlpearc, I'd like to welcome you to Wikipedia. Here are some useful links and information to help you get started. You are welcome to leave questions, comments on my talk page at anytime here. Mlpearc ( powwow )

November 2013
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed your recent edit to Fleetwood Mac does not have an edit summary. Please provide one before saving your changes to an article, as the summaries are quite helpful to people browsing an article's history.

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Please use the edit summary to explain your reasoning for the edit, or a summary of what the edit changes. Thanks! Mlpearc ( open channel ) 18:05, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Fleetwood Mac, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. Mlpearc ( open channel ) 18:41, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Hello Fleetwoodmacfactedits, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to The Fritz Rabyne Memorial Band 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.
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 * 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.
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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, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Favonian (talk) 19:39, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

Please make sure that sources support the changes you're making to articles
I've reverted your edits to Fleetwood Mac where you've stated that Christine McVie has rejoined the group. The sources in the article indicate that she would like to rejoin the group, but that's not the same as actually rejoining. —C.Fred (talk) 23:31, 29 November 2013 (UTC)