User talk:WizardSquad

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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, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Whpq (talk) 03:27, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright
Hello WizardSquad! Your additions to Hoti (tribe) 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. 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.
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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, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. — SamX &#91;talk · contribs · he/him&#93; 01:49, 18 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi SamX,
 * I'm sorry if I added anything I should not have. I thought that citing the book I got the information from was sufficient enough to add the data. The excepts I added and that were removed concern pretty obscure Albanian history that is related to my personal family history. Additionally, Albanian tribal history is not very well known, researched, nor documented, so I thought adding the information on the Wiki page could provide great value for Albanians and others interested in Albanian history. Finally, if it makes any difference, the author or the work cited, unfortunately, passed away and has no next of kin, so I did not think anyone would be hurt by citing his work.
 * Thank you for your time WizardSquad (talk) 02:36, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * There's nothing wrong with citing someone's work; as a matter of fact, it's encouraged as long as the source you're using is reliable. The problem was that you copied and pasted the text to Wikipedia, which isn't permitted. If you want to add the information, you'll need to do so using your own words. Close paraphrasing (copying and pasting the material, then making some edits so that what's added to Wikipedia isn't an exact copy) is also against policy. Instead, you should summarize the source without copying and pasting anything from the source. Please let me know if you have any further questions. — SamX &#91;talk · contribs · he/him&#93; 02:57, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Any text you add must be your own work, under a WP:compatible license, or public domain. In this case, the text from this web site which provides a credit "extract from Johann Georg von Hahn, Albanesische Studien (Vienna 1854), vol. 1, p. 185-188. Translated from the German by Robert Elsie."  A book from 1854 would be public domain, however this a recent translation of the text into English, and the translation carries its own copyright, and so cannot be pasted into an article. -- Whpq (talk) 03:26, 18 April 2023 (UTC)