User talk:Schlyerbrooke

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Hello, Schlyerbrooke, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Old Point Loma Lighthouse. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: 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 ask your question on this page; I will see it. Again, welcome! MelanieN (talk) 05:58, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
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Old Point Loma Lighthouse
Thank you for the material you added to the article Old Point Loma Lighthouse. But I'm sorry to tell you I had to completely rewrite it. Because of copyright policy we are not permitted to quote extensively from copyrighted material such as a journal article, even if we give credit for the source. We can use the article as a source, but we can't simply quote it or paraphrase it; we have to rewrite it into our own words, and that is what I have done. (There is an exception for the material in the article quoted from Harmon Lougher, apparently it is in the public domain.) I will have to do the same with the other material which was cut-and-pasted into the article by other editors, but I'm too tired tonight; I'll tackle it in the morning. Please do continue to contribute to Wikipedia, but be sure to use your own words! --MelanieN (talk) 06:06, 29 March 2013 (UTC)