User talk:John DK Russell

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Hello, John DK Russell, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! Drmies (talk) 15:21, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
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September 2010
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. In the future, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, reduces edit conflicts, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 15:29, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * John, browsing around for books on the Comus I came across this title, and found that you probably have that too: the article is pretty much a straight-up copy from that book. That is not in accordance with our guidelines, since it is a copyright violation. Please see Copyright violations. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 16:08, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * John (and Dmries), the copyright claim on the Google version may bear more investigation. No such claim is made for the previous volume (1873), and this one was published in 1878.  Elgar died in 1909 and Mitchell in 1914, so the claim is dubious.  John, if you are uncertain as to its status, you may wish to consult with a Wikipedia editor who specializes in copyrights if you want to use images or text from the book.  I can give you some names if you want to do that.
 * Nevertheless verbatim quotes should not be used, unless in quote marks, and cited.
 * John, there is more information on the class at C class corvette, and I have the sources cited there. Let me know if I can help.
 * I hope you enjoy your time at Wikipedia! Kablammo (talk) 17:30, 8 September 2010 (UTC)