User talk:ProspectofArts

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June 2013
Hello ProspectofArts, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Ashton Kutcher has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without 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 a cited source. You can read about this at Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also 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.
 * 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 without attribution. If you want to copy 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. Tb hotch .™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions.  20:20, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Your addition to Walden Schmidt has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text, or images borrowed from other websites, or printed material without a verifiable license; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images&mdash;you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Tb hotch .™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions.  20:25, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

File:Two and a Half Men S11.jpg
I've reverted your change to File:Two and a Half Men S11.jpg because the fair use rationale was not updated. Our non-free content policy requires that each fair use rationale must be valid and the existing rationale does not apply to the image that you uploaded. Please feel free to restore your image when you update the FUR. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 09:15, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Please do not continue to upload new versions of File:Two and a Half Men S11.jpg without fixing the fair use rationale. If you persist in doing this, it is likely that the image will be deleted completely because the FUR is invalid. This applies equally to other images that you have uploaded. When uploading images it is always necessary to ensure the FR is still valid. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 04:40, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

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