User talk:Kleemann12

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Reference Errors on 20 March
Hello, I'm ReferenceBot. I have automatically detected that an edit performed by you may have introduced errors in referencing. as follows: Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=edit&preload=User:A930913/RBpreload&editintro=User:A930913/RBeditintro&minor=&title=User_talk:A930913&preloadtitle=ReferenceBot%20–%20&section=new report it to my operator]. Thanks, ReferenceBot (talk) 00:16, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * On the Sneakers (footwear) page, [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=652801617 your edit] caused a cite error (help) . ([ Fix] | [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&preload=User:ReferenceBot/helpform&preloadtitle=Referencing%20errors%20on%20%5B%5BSpecial%3ADiff%2F652801617%7CSneakers (footwear)%5D%5D Ask for help])

Fact Monster
Please see this question about "Fact Monster"; you are very welcome to respond there. -- Hoary (talk) 02:38, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Close paraphrasing
Keemann, thanks for your contributions to wikipedia's Sneakers article. While the website you used (Fact Monster) is ok for the purpose of the information you added, your edit needs to be removed because its wording matched that of the original article too closely. For example, the original article said: "Sneakers go back a long way. In the late 18th century, people wore rubber soled shoes called plimsolls, but they were pretty crude..."

while you added: "Sneakers have a long history. Back in the late 18th century, individuals put on rubber soled shoes called “plimsolls” but there were pretty unsophisticated..." in which you replaced "go back a long way" with "have a long history"; "people wore" with "individuals put on" etc. However apart from these one-to-one substitutions, your version matched the original in form and structure and had significant overlap in language. This is called close paraphrasing and is not allowed on wikipedia and even in schoolwork! In future edits try to rewrite the source you are citing in your own words from scratch (and then go back and check that the changes in language have not changed the intended meaning). If you have any questions feel free to ask them at my talkpage or post them here itself along with a   tag. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 00:45, 24 March 2015 (UTC)