Beverly R
November 2017
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Wikipedia and copyright
editHello Beverly R, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Eunice Golden have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of 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 sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues here.
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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, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 16:48, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
- To follow up on the above, can you confirm whether or not all the content you've added thus far, as here [1], has been copied directly from the published sources? Thank you, 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 17:15, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
Unsourced content, poor headers and copyright violations
editPlease stop making test edits to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to being blocked from editing. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 19:19, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
- Asking again: Was this edit [2] your own words, or was it copied entirely from the source? 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 19:21, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
- Likewise, your edits at Grandma Moses. 2601:188:180:11F0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 19:23, 26 November 2017 (UTC)