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• I believe this issue can be solved by adding quotation marks, can it not? CriminologyStudent (talk) 05:23, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
  • No, it can not. A copyright owner can sue if there is a sufficient quantum of copied material no matter whether the source is attributed or the copied material is placed in quotation marks. Furthermore, excessive copying can indicate excessive reliance on a single source. Material added to Wikipedia that is not in the public domain must be writing original to the project. Quotes should really only be used if there is no better means to convey the information than to quote the source, ideally with as few words as is necessary to convey the idea. BD2412 T 05:27, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

By the way

Since no one else seems to have said it, good work on rewriting False confession. Your contributions overall have substantially improved the article. One thing I would suggest is that if you find it necessary to remove a large piece of content for being irrelevant to the article, try to find someplace else where it would be of use. For example, I noticed the material that you removed on jailhouse confessions, and adapted that into a new Jailhouse confession article. Cheers! BD2412 T 06:58, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

• BD2412 Thanks for that - much appreciated. I don't know how to start a new page. Any chance you could start one on the PEACE method of interrogations. I'll add to it if you get it started. CriminologyStudent (talk) 18:48, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
  • Done, at PEACE method of interrogation. Cheers! BD2412 T 18:59, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

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