User talk:Pcapra

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Python (genus)
Hi Pcapra! I know it must be tough to start out this way, but although I'm sure your edit to the Python (genus) article was in good faith, it was necessary for me to remove it. First, the report of the 49-foot python is already mentioned in the Python reticulatus article (the animal turned out to be only half as long), second, this report concerned a particular species and not the genus as a whole, third the References section of any article is not the place to put this kind of information, and fourth but most importantly, simply copying and pasting copyrighted text off of a web page somewhere and pasting it into a Wikipedia article is strictly forbidden. The idea is to quote with a reference, but not to plagiarize, so please keep this in mind. Anyway, I have added your reference to the relevant section of the P. reticulatus article. (PS -- Please answer here if you think it necessary, as I've temporarily added your talk page to my watchlist). --Jwinius (talk) 15:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)