User talk:LifeDancePro
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Happy editing! Schazjmd (talk) 14:35, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia and copyright
Hello LifeDancePro! Your additions to
- You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double 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. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
- We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. non-free content criteriain order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
- If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. Such a release must be done in a verifiable manner, so that the authority of the person purporting to release the copyright is evidenced. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
- 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 must follow the copyright attribution steps described at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. See also Help:Translation#License requirements.
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) 14:39, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
Tip on references
Hi, I noticed your edits to Instagram. When you use a source more than once in an article, the best way to do so is to assign a name to the reference when you define it. For example: <ref name=nytimes>(url, etc)</ref>. Then, when you have a different sentence where you want to cite the same source, you just call the name of the ref, like so: <ref name=nytimes />. Cheers! Schazjmd (talk) 00:29, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you. SPF121188 (talk this way) (contribs) 15:17, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
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