User talk:Mslauren

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.

Feel free to re-submit a new version of the article. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.

If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I irrevocably release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later, for use on Wikipedia and elsewhere."

You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here. You can also leave a message on my talk page. - Lucky 6.9 03:27, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

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I cannot stress this strongly enough. You simply cannot post copyrighted material to this site. Period. I don't mean to sound harsh, but you're violating copyright law by doing so. The next posting of copyrighted material will mean a permanent loss of your editing privileges. Please don't blow it. - Lucky 6.9 04:18, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Lauren. It's very important to write material in your own words. It's OK to use your textbooks as references and to credit them as such. Just write the text in your own words. Been a long night; please accept my apology for coming down so hard. Signing off for the night, but you can leave further word on my talk page or at the community portal (link is on the left of the page) if you'd like further help in editing. I know it's frustrating to post something only to watch it disappear, but copyright violations are "shot on sight" without warning. They're just too risky to leave up from a legal standpoint.



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