GoldenBrendan
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Hello GoldenBrendan, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Brian Kowitz have been removed, as it appears 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 your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.
- 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 Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia: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 information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
- Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
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- 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 can, but please follow the steps in Wikipedia: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. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:55, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
GoldenBrendan (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
Dianna, I am writing to resolve a content dispute. I believe the standard protocol is to "Assume good faith".
Your comments state, "This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Diannaa (talk - contribs) at 16:54, 22 December 2016 (remove copyright content copied from http://thebaseballwarehouse.com/Brian_Kowitz.html). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version."
However, the content on both the Baseball Warehouse and Wikipedia are from the same author, namely Brian Kowitz. So, how can it be a violation of copyright if the content is 100% factual written by the title of the person? More importantly, this seems like a big waste of time, after I learned all the SYNTAX for Wikipedia and then you came along and deleted everything. Please help me understand HOW to get the biography updated given this new evidence?
Decline reason:
You don't need to request an unblock since your account isn't blocked and you have in fact edited pages other than this talk page after requesting to be unblocked. So this "decline" is merely procedural: There's no decision to be taken, no block to revoke. That said, beyond copyright you may also want to check out our guideline on reliable sources. The page you copy-pasted does not meet Wikipedia's standards of reliability. So you'd need to find sources like newspapers or sports magazines reporting on Kowitz and then not copy-paste, but summarize in your own words what those sources report. The facts should of course be those reported by the sources; the presentation should be your own. Huon (talk) 02:53, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
GoldenBrendan (talk) 02:07, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
(Non-administrator comment) GoldenBrendan, you don't appear to be blocked as of now, nor does your block log indicate that you were ever blocked at all... Unless if you are autoblocked or an underlying IP address that you are using is blocked, you should be able to continue editing. 73.96.113.7 (talk) 02:34, 23 December 2016 (UTC)