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Greetings Diana,

Thank you for enlightening me of some of my errors, as I am new to this and the page I am working on is not public yet (due to the fact that it is still a work in progress, as I am still learning the correct methods). I do apologize for any mistakes I have made. I want to assure you that I have permission from all the authors of the work to post their work and errors that have been made, have been made because I am new to this and not because I am trying to steal anyone's work. It appears that there is an issue with all of the images/files that I posted on the page, as they have been removed. I want to make sure I correct my understanding before I make any further edits. I have identified two possible things that I have made mistakes on, in which perhaps you can help clarify for me. 1.) The legends/description of the images. I had originally taken the text from the images from the source that it was with, as each file was attributed to the author and I thought that their words would best describe their image. Is it alright if I put their entire description in double quote's or should I paraphrase the whole description? Also, for the file:images, I don't typically see a reference section, but should I include one? 2.) I thought I had picked the right permission for the files:images, but perhaps I was wrong. It was my understanding that information printed in a scientific journal was under "Public Domain". Is this wrong? And with the Public Domain free licensing, do I need to do something additional that I have not seen to do?

Thank you very much for any clarification that you might be able to lend. I plan to not post anything else until I am sure that I properly understand the rules, as I certainly don't want to do incorrect work or be blocked from editing.

Sincerely, Tia

Christina.Dee.Harrison and Tiadeeharrison?

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I notice that User:Tiadeeharrison's editing history picks up, chronologically, where User:Christina.Dee.Harrison left off. I assume these two account are related? -- RoySmith (talk) 22:12, 25 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Bioelectricity. Thanks! -- RoySmith (talk) 22:28, 25 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

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I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Bioelectricity. Thanks! Legacypac (talk) 07:09, 6 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

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