User talk:Loganmass

This user is a student editor in Indiana_University_of_Pennsylvania/History_395_Introduction_to_Historical_Methods_(Spring_2020) .

This user is a student editor in Indiana_University_of_Pennsylvania_/Understanding_Iran_(Spring_2019) .

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:17, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Plagiarism/Copyvio

Hello, I received a notification that you had posted material that was taken verbatim from content that had previously been published elsewhere to your article. This is seen as a copyright issue and plagiarism, even if you were to include the original source as a citation. Always be careful when writing article content - a good way to avoid doing this is to take notes while reading and write your article from those notes.

Unless the material is explicitly marked as falling into the public domain or was released under a compatible Creative Commons license, it should be assumed that the content is copyrighted in a way that would prohibit it from being used verbatim elsewhere. It's always best to write things in your own words, as this can help prevent issues like this from arising. I would like for you to review the module on plagiarism and copyright, thanks. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:58, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I also wanted to leave you some notes about the other content you added - you added some material that was unsourced and was written in a non-neutral tone. Avoid using phrases like "eye-catching" and "unique", as these are terms that are subjective to the reader. Someone may disagree, for example, that a certain aspect is the most unique and eye-catching and say that something else was instead. The term "ideal" is a bit tricky since we need to have sourcing for this and it should typically be attributed unless it's a commonly held theory. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:10, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]