User talk:Kevin4735

March 2023
Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that you made a change to an article, KJ Smith, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 08:23, 1 March 2023 (UTC)


 * The source sited was IMDB. There was also an explanation of the change. I do think a mistake was made. It took several hours to get the links and citations together. Could the edits be reverted. It was simply an update to her biography. Her bio had not been updated for several years.
 * Could I forward you the exact source? IMDB is a the most valued industry source for actors.
 * If I should place the source in another area please let me know. I can make any adjusts on my end. But it would be great if you could just revert my edits. They are valid and confirmed. Please review link to her bio below.
 * https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3672524/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Kevin4735 (talk) 19:31, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content, as you did at KJ Smith, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. ''IMDB is not a reliable source. And please read WP:POV and WP:COPYVIO'' Meters (talk) 20:40, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * And please read WP:MINOR too Meters (talk) 20:43, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * See WP:USERGENERATED re IMDB Meters (talk) 20:44, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Kevin4735! Your additions to KJ Smith 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. ''You cannot simply copy text or images from the web. IMDB is a copyrighted website.'' Thank you. Meters (talk) 20:54, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * You uploaded at least three pictures of KJ Smith, two of which also appear on IMDB. If you really did take those pictures as you claim, and own the copyright as you claim, then of course you are allowed to upload them for us to use; however, since you also made a verbatim copy of copyrighted text from the same site, I suspect that you did not take those photos. Please explain. They are obviously professional photos, so if you are the professional photographer who took them you appear to have a WP:COI in editing KJ Smith's article. Meters (talk) 21:19, 3 March 2023 (UTC)