User talk:Gskurah

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16:02, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

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Your edit summary leaves the impression that you think it is okay to use copyrighted text as long as you provide a reference.

That is not the case. Please feel free to ask if you don't understand our copyright policy.--S Philbrick (Talk) 17:18, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Many editors, such as myself, for sake of transparency, prefer to have discussions on wiki as much as possible. There are certainly situations where private conversations are necessary but this seems like something we can handle on wiki.

It is entirely understandable that you might think that material placed on an organization's publicly available website could be used as long as it was properly attributed. However, other than the very rare case where an organization releases the text under a free license, the material must be written in your own words (short, exact quotes are permissible).

Logos are also subject to copyright. In some cases, an organization will license their logo and it can be used, but the more usual case is that we create a low resolution version for limited use and include under fair use provisions. S Philbrick (Talk) 18:09, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]