User talk:Rast Dias

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Rast Dias! While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.


 * 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. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
 * We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
 * If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Donating copyrighted materials.
 * 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 must follow the copyright attribution steps described at Copying within Wikipedia. See also Help:Translation.

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.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:36, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

October 2022
Your edit to User:Rast Dias has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of 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 material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions 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 very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Copying text from other sources for more information.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:51, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Moved from project page
I have moved your comment from Wikipedia talk:Requesting copyright permission because that was not a proper place for discussing it. You wrote there,

Please read Wikipedia:Autobiography, Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (which is linked from the Autobiography page), and Wikipedia:Notability (people), which lays out the criteria for having an article about a person in Wikipedia. Also note that, per Wikipedia:Reliable sources, your self-published autobiography would not be considered a reliable source. If you are notable enough (per the notability guideline) to merit an article, then, per the conflict of interest guideline, you should not write your own Wikipedia article, but wait for another editor to determine that an article should be written about you. Donald Albury 16:21, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the info I appreciate. That's it I give up publishing my own bio .was just trying to get more out there Rast Dias (talk) 16:32, 3 October 2022 (UTC)