Nstacks

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Nstacks, and welcome to Wikipedia. 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 a cited source. 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.
• If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
• In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
• 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. The image you uploaded was a copyright violation from http://www.foresthillcofc.org/cgi-bin/elders.pl Thank you. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 23:07, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

It is indeed the fact that they don't mention the copyright on the page that is the problem. Unless the page (or a general website disclaimer) says that the image is released under licence that is compatible with Wikipedia it can't be used. Basically it must be free to use, to alter, and to distribute anywhere and may be used commercially. Now you may be able to persuade the church that it's a good idea to release the image but think about it. If the picture is released for Wikipedia it could also be used on websites that the church may have moral objections to. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 23:28, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

It's not a problem because you only did it the once and you won't get blocked for a one off error. Your comment here makes it clear that it was an error and that you understand it. It's the multiple offenders that are the problem. I've already reverted back to the older image so that's taken care of. By the way if you do want to add images you could take some yourself. For example an picture of the outside of the church or inside if there are interesting views. You can take pictures around your town. I'm not really clear on pictures of non-famous people so I usually stick with objects. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 23:42, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Don't worry about multiple entries. We were all new at this once. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 00:33, 23 February 2015 (UTC)