User talk:Sa sylvan

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Sa sylvan, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Defense Information Systems Agency 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 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.
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 * 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. --Diannaa (talk) 18:03, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

The verbiage that was deleted by Diannaa was actually added back. 'ANY CONTENT AND IMAGES about the Pacific Warfighting Center, All Partners Access Network, and Defense Information Systems Agency is PUBLIC DOMAIN. PLEASE READ THE FIRST LINE OF THE WIKI ARTICLE "USDOD." KNOW WHAT YOU DELETE...INVESTIGATE AND EDUCATE PRIOR TO DELETING.' Sa sylvan (talk) 21:11, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

As stated on Wikipedia, "All work produced by employees of the US federal government as part of their work is public domain within the US—thus, much of the content found on US government websites (.gov and .mil) is public domain. However, the government frequently includes works on its websites which are copyrighted by someone else, and the US government can even own copyright on works which are produced by others. In other words, some US Federal websites can include works which are not in the public domain--check the copyright status before assuming something is public domain. Note also that this applies only to the US Federal government. Most state governments retain the copyright on their work (California and Florida being notable exceptions)."

PLEASE NOTE: There is no copyright on All Partners Access Network - www.apan.org, a U.S. DOD website. It is a dot org site so countries globally can access the site for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

File:Ebola Response Network Map.png listed for discussion
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Ebola Response Network Map.png, has been listed at Files for discussion. Please see the to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 12:59, 26 April 2016 (UTC)