Cyrusace

Hi Cyrusace. Thanks for the message. When adding information to articles you need to cite a reliable source. You can see how to cite a source here. When somebody adds large sections of uncited text, it is reasonable to assume that the new text has been "cut and pasted" from another source, especially when it reads more like a newspaper article. Wikipedia's policy on verification is one of our core policies and it would be worth your while to take the time to have a read.

When a copyright violation is suspected, it is not the done thing to attempt to rewrite the offending section. It is better to remove the material and start again and that is why your additions have been reverted. I apologise if this material was your own work.

While I can understand your frustration, your comments on Blnguyen's talk page were uncalled for and a breach of our guideline on civility. It may be worth apologising and starting again afresh with him.

I will leave a welcome message below with some useful links for you. Welcome to Wikipedia! -- Mattinbgn\^talk 10:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

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Mattinbgn\^talk 10:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Anahita-Xerxes.jpg

File Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading File:Anahita-Xerxes.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. FASTILY ^(TALK) 23:26, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Unless a web page explicitly says an image is copyright free, please assume that it is copyright and don't upload it. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 14:45, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

File copyright problem with File:Shir o Khorshid.jpg

File Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading File:Shir o Khorshid.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their license and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. FASTILY ^(TALK) 23:26, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

youtube links

Please do not add such youtube links for sourcing as you did in Cyrus the Great and Persian Empire, because such links problematic for 2 reasons.

• Youtube links in general are not considered reputable/reliable sources. Also just giving the url is not a good citation style, since youtube may remove the link any time and there is no information on the author/producer of the video.
• An youtube video might be used if it is a copy of reputable/reknowned documentary, but then there is usually a copyright issue. In such cases just give the author, producer, broadcaster/distributer of the documentary (and maybe a position time for the specific fact).

regards, --Kmhkmh (talk) 09:50, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

August 2010

Your addition to Cyrus the Great has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other websites or printed material; 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. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. I note that you have been asked not to do this 2 days ago and last year's copyright problems. Dougweller (talk) 05:35, 18 August 2010 (UTC)