User talk:Sheronaa Dias

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Sheronaa Dias, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to Elizabeth Moir School 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.
 * 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. VeryCrocker (talk) 11:14, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

School logo
Hello. Looking at the page history of Elizabeth Moir School, a school logo image was deleted back in 2007 due to a lack of sources or licensing information. If that's the one you meant, it means that whoever uploaded it didn't add the right paperwork, so to speak. If you wish to upload a new version, it should contain the following info:


 * 1) Image source A link to the appropriate page on the school website will suffice if the logo can be found there.
 * 2) Copyright status If the image is under copyright (which seems likely, given the relatively young age of the school), then the boilerplate Non-free logo needs to be added to the image page.
 * 3) Fair use rationale This is a little more involved. You need not only to add the template Non-free use rationale logo to the page, but to also fill out the form detailed here. It acts as a justification for using a non-free image and, without it, the image will be deleted.

I'm aware that this might seem quite a lot to a new user. If you want, just point me towards the image you wish to use, and I'll upload it and sort out the details for you. Regards, VeryCrocker (talk) 13:36, 24 October 2014 (UTC)