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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Copyright and plagiarism

Hello, I received a notification that you had posted material that closely paraphrased or took material verbatim from content that had previously been published elsewhere to your article. This is seen as a copyright issue and plagiarism, even if you were to include the original source as a citation. Always be careful when writing article content - a good way to avoid doing this is to take notes while reading and write your article from those notes. You posted a massive, massive amount of content, so this is especially frustrating since I've had to revert everything you've added since it all looks to be either taken verbatim or so closely paraphrased that it would be considered a copyright and plagiarism issue.

Unless the material is explicitly marked as falling into the public domain or was released under a compatible Creative Commons license, it should be assumed that the content is copyrighted in a way that would prohibit it from being used verbatim elsewhere. It's always best to write things in your own words, as this can help prevent issues like this from arising. I would like for you to review the module on plagiarism and copyright, thanks. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:05, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Copyright/close paraphrasing at Oviatt library

Please stop adding text from the official Oviatt library website to the Oviatt library article. Text you add to Wikipedia articles must be written in your own words and using your own sentence structure. Only changing the source text a little bit is called close paraphrasing and it's not allowed here. If you continue adding copyvio/close paraphrasing text you may be blocked from editing.

I reverted your previous addition and I've reverted the latest addition. All of these edits will need to be revdeled, or hidden from view. Pinging Shalor (Wiki Ed), who has previously left a message regarding this issue on your Talk page. Ca2james (talk) 01:58, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

• Thank you Ca2james. Kvl40981, this was still too close for comfort. My recommendation here would be to take notes in your own words and then work from those notes. Also, keep in mind that you don't have to go into a lot of fine detail when it comes to covering the library - very general overviews are fine and would be far less likely to run afoul of close paraphrasing and copyright/plagiarism issues. For example, when it comes to the earthquake and first building you could just add:

Construction for the original library began November 14, 1957, marking it as the college's first permanent campus building. Students were allowed to use the building beginning on February 16, 1959 and the library had its official opening on March 3. The library featured four floors, 200,000 books and a capacity of approximately 15,000 people. The library was heavily damaged during the 1971 San Fernando earthquake, making it necessary for the closure of the upper floors of the library for repair and organization.

This is pretty to the point and most importantly, would make it easier to avoid close paraphrasing issues. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:39, 17 December 2018 (UTC)