V6christoforou

Hi we are a group of Latrobe students in our last year of bachelor of oral health and as part of our subject requirements we are expected to edit a Wikipedia site to improve its accuracy and usefulness of information. We have currently edited the definition of 'remineralisation of teeth' and also are editing the list for fluoride therapies. We have decided to add an extensive list where fluoride is placed and also used throughout daily life or in the dental setting. (V6christoforou (talk) 09:10, 18 April 2016 (UTC))

April 2016

Hello, I'm Donner60. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Remineralisation of teeth  with this edit, without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 02:57, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Remineralisation of teeth.png

A tag has been placed on File:Remineralisation of teeth.png requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused redundant copy (all pixels the same or scaled down) of an image in the same file format, which is on Wikipedia (not on Commons), and all inward links have been updated.

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File:Countries with fluoridated Water.png listed for discussion

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello V6christoforou, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Remineralisation of teeth has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without 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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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. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 21:52, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your response, when i was placing the table into wikipedia i selected that this item was directly taken form a goverment website in order to add statistics and facts regarding countries that promote fluoridated water. I understand that this is copyright however i am not sure how i can add this information and alter it if all the information on this table listed are number statistics? Are you able to provide me with a possible solution as i believe this table is an effective way to demonstrate to individuals on a global scale the figures on countries who use fluoridated water. (V6christoforou (talk)

The content you added was not from a government website; it was from this copyright research paper. Another example was on May 10, when you copied material from the website of the American Dental Association. Their web pages are copyright. Prose you find online is almost always copyright, and cannot be copied here; it's against the law to do so. All prose must be written in your own words. There's more information about copyrights and how it applies to Wikipedia at Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright. Copyright law and its application are complex matters, and you should not edit any more until you have taken the time to read and understand our copyright policies. Further copyright violations will result in you being blocked from editing. — Diannaa (talk) 23:15, 14 May 2016 (UTC)