User talk:Usernameram

November 2018
Hello, I'm CASSIOPEIA. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Shantanu Narayen, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks.  CASSIOPEIA(talk) 08:31, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Please do not add or change content without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 00:05, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

December 2018
Hi, Usernameram. I understand that you added names to List of Brahmins in order to help Wikipedia. But please don't add names to the list without first checking that they have a Wikipedia article, and that their Brahmin status is affirmed in that article. There is a note at the top of all the lists, for instance "Actors", that says "PEOPLE MUST HAVE A WIKI PAGE WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS; SEE WP:LISTPEOPLE, WP:WTAF". And WP:LISTPEOPLE explains that the individual biography article must show they belong to the category, in this case that they are Brahmins. You probably missed this information, since you have added a very long list of actors, apparently without looking at their articles. Some of them don't even have an article; one name, Vishnu Vardhan, goes to a tennis player; and several names, such as Upendra, merely go to disambiguation pages. And of the ones that do have a real article, only six out of your very long list of actors contain any statement that they are Brahmins. I have just spent an hour checking them all, and removing all except the six correct ones. Please check yourself from now on, before you add people to the list, to avoid making work for others. Thank you. Bishonen &#124; talk 16:46, 10 December 2018 (UTC).

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello Usernameram, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Pingali Venkayya have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Requesting copyright permission.) 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. (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 the 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.
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 * In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are PD or compatibly licensed) it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at Media copyright questions, the help desk or the Teahouse 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 or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps in Translation. See also 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. Moneytrees🌴Talk🌲Help out at CCI! 18:45, 27 April 2020 (UTC)