User talk:Nardos 00

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi Nardos 00! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

-- 15:39, Sunday, May 8, 2016 (UTC)

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi Nardos 00! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

-- 19:23, Tuesday, May 10, 2016 (UTC)

Citations and wiki-links
Hi Nardos 00. Welcome to Wikipedia. I see you've added what you describe as inline citations to an article or two. Just letting you know that what you added (doubled square brackets) are known as Wikilinks. They create what's called a blue-link, which take the reader to a different Wikipedia article. Inline citations use wikipedia syntax to create references to reliable sources published independently of Wikipedia itself. In fact, Wikipedia doesn't consider itself a reliable source! Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you need to; I'll help if I can. Best wishes! Haploidavey (talk) 20:24, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Nardos 00, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.


 * 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. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Copyrights. You may also want to review Copy-paste.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
 * Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Copying within Wikipedia.

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. Doug Weller talk 14:37, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Your edit to Ethiopia
I was going to rewrite it to remove the copyright issue, but then I noticed it's dated Summer 1985, 31 years ago, so it isn't appropriate to add it to the article. Doug Weller talk 14:38, 21 May 2016 (UTC)