User talk:Onymous Otter

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Onymous Otter, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your additions to Lilia Ann Abron have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

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 the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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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 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) 13:57, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Minor edits

Hi there, thank you for all your contributions! I just wanted to say to please be careful to not mark edits as minor when adding new content, such as an infobox or a new reference, etc., as you did on Freda Newcombe and Elizabeth Warrington for example. Minor changes should be more like fixing typos and wikilinks, etc. as per WP:MINOR. Thank you. :) -Kj cheetham (talk) 08:36, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A goat for you!

Hello Miss Otter ;)

Madzhaa (talk) 12:37, 17 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Onymous Otter

Thank you for creating Maria Elena Zavala.

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Keep up the good work!

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