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Paraphrasing

You added "His career in service to the state of Georgia continued after his term as governor. In June 1782, he was appointed deputy purveyor. He served as a representative in the Georgia House of Representatives. He was a member of the convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1788. In 1789 he served in the convention that rewrote Georgia's constitution. He became the first president of the Georgia senate, serving in that office from 1790 to 1791. He joined with Abraham Baldwin, another Yale graduate, in working for the creation of Franklin College, which would become known as the University of Georgia."

Ref says "Brownson's career in public service continued after his term as governor. In June 1782 he was appointed deputy purveyor for southern hospitals. In the 1780s he served as a representative in the Georgia House of Assembly. He was a member of the Georgia convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1788. In 1789 he served in the convention that rewrote Georgia's constitution. He became the first president of the new Georgia senate and served in that office from 1790 to 1791. He joined with Abraham Baldwin, another Yale graduate, in working for the creation of a state-supported institution of higher education, which would become known as the University of Georgia."

Not enough. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:16, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

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We need to deal with the copyright issues before you can return to editing. Apologies Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:26, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

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Request reason:

I was not implying that copying and pasting was acceptable as long as I fix it. My intention was that I was using the encyclopedia article to create original content. As you can see, I use the save feature frequently, and I was simply saving the page as I edited. I am a librarian, and I do understand copyright. My edits in the future will not include encyclopedia articles, and I won't save pages as frequently. Thanks for the clarification.

Accept reason:

Procedural close; already unblocked by Doc James. Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 22:34, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

All I need is an assurance that you will always paraphrase extensively going forwards and never use the copy and paste button. It is always best to read the source and type out your summary of it. Copy and pasting and then paraphrasing is often not sufficient. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:06, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

I agree that I will type the summary before posting to Wikipedia. My intention is to help students who use Wikipedia as an academic source realize that Wikipedia points them to the source where they can in turn make their own paraphrase. I often see entire papers that are copied and pasted directly from Wikipedia.Jwilkes73 (talk) 19:54, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Okay unblocked. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 13:17, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Copper plate at Chauga

You wouldn't happen to have a non paywall link for those articles you used as cites at Chauga Mound would you? I'd love to read them, especially the one about the Mississippian copper plate that was found there. I've never heard of it before and would love to see it to see how it compares to the others. Heiro 17:53, 20 October 2016 (UTC) Try your local library. That's where I found it. I hope that helps!

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Regarding your addition of links to historic markers, please take a moment to read WP:ELMINOFFICIAL and WP:LINKFARM. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 00:51, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

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What wording in the ref supports the text you added it to?

[1] Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:15, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

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Veritas Academy (Austin, Texas)

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I thought it was a member as part of the university model schools. Thanks for fixing this.

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Composer vs text

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Precious

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Thank you for quality improvements to articles on places and people in Georgia, such as Toccoa, Georgia and James Jackson (Georgia politician), for adding links to historical markers, for categories of Christian education, for images adding life to hymns, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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