User talk:GECollins1

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello GECollins1! Your additions to Ringette 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.
 * 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. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Donating copyrighted materials.
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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. Meters (talk) 17:47, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
 * And please read WP:MINOR Meters (talk) 17:48, 6 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Whoops, glad I took a detour and landed here. I moved some information which was removed from the ringette page and recently added it to the Ringette in Canada page (which is not in main space yet). There was too much detail for the ringette article but it fit the Ringette in Canada article. I was considering using the talk page there for attribution purposes, but now I might have to remove it entirely because it could constitute plagiarism or the like. It's a shame it wasn't sourced on the ringette page initially, and it appears to have been there for a long time. It was content which had information which would be useful for wikipedia, but now I'm not sure who I would be supposed to give credit to. I hate to remove it, but I think I'm going to have to since I don't know who the original author was. CheckersBoard (talk) 08:51, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

September 2022
Your edit to Ringette ‎ has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Copying text from other sources for more information. ''Stop doing this. It's not minor, it's not sourced, and it is a copyright violation.'' Meters (talk) 08:17, 11 September 2022 (UTC)