User talk:Skimiester70

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Copyright problems with User:Skimiester70/sandbox
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However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While contributions are appreciated, Wikipedia must require all contributors to understand and comply with its copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. 99.136.252.89 (talk) 20:04, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Removing Speedy at User:Skimiester70/sandbox
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January 2013
Your addition to John Van Alstine 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 article 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. Cindy ( talk to me ) 06:02, 24 January 2013 (UTC)