User talk:Ottawagalz

Welcome!
Hello, Ottawagalz, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing 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, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! —C.Fred (talk) 01:39, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Ottawagalz, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Tribe of Dan has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. 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 21:34, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Appeal against block

 * You'll need to read the directions on the message that informs you you're unable to edit. The unblock template can only be used when your account has been blocked; there's a different template with extra parameters if your account is affected by an IP block. —C.Fred (talk) 18:43, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

unblock|Appeal
Ottawagalz (talk) 02:33, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

{{unblock reviewed | I have no idea what a range block is. When I first moved into my new condo I thought I had been blocked, but the second time I logged on it was ok. OR, RS, edists, are all the basics of wikipedia. I have no idea what a checkuser process is. I really do not think that after a handful of edits I can have demonstrated an 'editing style and pattern'. Don't I get some kind of trial period? The link does after all say suspected sock puppet. I thought socks were banned for being disruptive, what have I actually done wrong, apart from the verbatim quotes in my first edits?Ottawagalz (talk) 22:23, 3 February 2017 (UTC)