Vinit88
Wikipedia and copyright
editHello Vinit88, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Indus OS 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.
- 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 cite the source using an inline citation. 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.
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- 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. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 22:43, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
Please stop changing the lede back. I've given justification for my version, you haven't given any for yours. You are just edit warring. SJK (talk) 22:13, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. SJK (talk) 09:38, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
June 2016
editWelcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Indus OS. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. John from Idegon (talk) 09:44, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
Invitation to a discussion at Talk:Indus OS
editHello Vinit88, there have been some concerns raised by @SJK: on the administrator's noticeboard about the content in the Indus OS article, particularly with regards to overly promotional language. Instead of undoing each other edits, which could violate the policy on [{WP:EDITWAR|edit warring]], please open a discussion on Talk:Indus OS to discuss the content and iron out the content. If you are affiliated with the company in any way, please read WP:COI. Regards Blackmane (talk) 03:36, 29 June 2016 (UTC)