Rec48y
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Hello! Rec48y,
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Translation
editHi, and welcome to Wikipedia! You seem to have made a great start, with notable subjects and proper references – well done! A word of warning, though: we can't just translate from foreign-language sources such as the Dizionario Biografico, because – even if the text is not identical – that is still copyright violation. I've removed the section on the life of Francesco Saverio Caroselli because it was a word-for-word translation from Treccani. Please feel free to rewrite it, but using your own words, sentence order and turn of phrase. This is always a tricky area with translation, and particular care is needed. I'm happy to offer help or advice if you would like – just ask here, I should see that you have done so. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 13:13, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
Wikipedia and copyright
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Hello Rec48y, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Catholic Church in Somalia 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.
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