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==Avoiding copyright or plagiarism issues== |
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Hello. 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. Our approach depends on the copyright status of the original. |
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*If you can ''prove'' that the content is [[public domain]], you can copy/translate as much from your source as you like, but you have to clearly acknowledge what you are doing to avoid [[plagiarism]]. [[Wikipedia:Plagiarism]] contains directions for how to do that here. Being published on the internet does not make content public domain; most of the material we find on the internet or in books is copyrighted. [[Wikipedia:Public domain]] offers some information on how to tell if something is public domain. If you can't prove it's public domain, you should assume it isn't. |
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*If the content is not public domain but ''is'' [[WP:COMPLIC|compatibly licensed]], you can copy/translate as much of it as you like, but you have to comply with the terms of the license to avoid copyright infringement ''and'' you have to acknowledge what you are doing to avoid plagiarism. [[Wikipedia:Plagiarism]] contains suggestions for both of those. We can't assume that content is compatibly licensed unless the source publishes a notice that it is. You can ''ask'' the copyright holder to license it compatibly (or license it yourself, if it belongs to you), but we can't use it until they either place a notice on the website where the material is hosted or follow the process of emailing the Wikimedia Foundation, as explained at [[Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials]]. |
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:*Wikipedia articles are not public domain. If you want to copying from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in [[Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia]]. |
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*Otherwise, if the content is neither public domain nor compatibly licensed, you can only copy/translate a ''small'' amount, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double [[quotation marks]] (") and a cited source. You can read about this at [[Wikipedia:Non-free content]] in the sections on "text". See also [[Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners]], for how to cite sources here. |
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*Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information you find in sources that aren't public domain or compatibly licensed in your own words and structure, in proper [[paraphrase]]. Following too closely can create a [[derivative work]], so it is not permitted here; see [[Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing]]. (There is a college level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, [http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/ hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue].) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to [[WP:V|verify]] information and to demonstrate that the content is not [[WP:NOR|original research]]. |
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Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is [[Wikipedia:Copyrights]]. You may also want to review [[Wikipedia:Copy-paste]]. |
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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 [[WP:Block|blocked]] from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to visit me at my talk page. Thank you. <!--Template:uw-copyright-new--> |
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--[[User:Example]] <sup>[[User talk:Example|(talk)]]</sup> 11:39, 14 October 2011 (UTC) |
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Usage
- <code>{{subst:User:Moonriddengirl/Uw-copyright-new}}--~~~~
- <code>{{subst:User:Moonriddengirl/Uw-copyright-new|article=article from which content was removed (optional parameter)|student=yes (optional parameter)|comment=(optional parameter)}}--~~~~