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22:02, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Advice on editing

I have been looking at the page User:Team4 2017/sandbox, and there are a couple of things that I think may be helpful for you to know.

I assume your intention is to do a lot of editing of the sandbox and then post it to Access economy, replacing the existing text of that article. If so, that is a method fairly commonly used by new Wikipedia editors, but it is not a good idea, for several reasons, including the following. (a) If other editors find problems in your change to the article, if you make individual edits for each change, it is easy for the to revert just those edits which are faulty, but if you have posted all the changes in one huge edit then sorting out the bits that are faulty and separating them from the good parts is likely to be such a large task that those other editors are more likely to just revert the lot, meaning that good work may be lost. (b) As a new editor you will probably have a lot of learning to do about how Wikipedia works, as we all do when we start. That means that you will make mistakes. If you make a few small changes which you are told are unacceptable for one reason or another, you can learn from what you are told, and you will not make the same mistakes again, so only a small amount of work is wasted.. If, however, you make the mistakes in a personal copy of the article which other editors are less likely to see, you may continue making the same mistakes repeatedly, with the result that a lot of work is wasted. (c) If other editors edit the article while you are working on your sandbox copy, when you post your copy, you will overwrite their work, so it will be in danger of being lost.
Much of your writing expresses opinions, rather than just objectively reporting. to give just one small example, "It is important to highlight the benefits that access provides in contrast to the disadvantages of ownership and sharing" is a personal judgement about what is "important". That is not acceptable under Wikipedia policy: articles must be written from a neutral point of view, and must not promote opinions.

On a completely different point, I notice the word "team" in your user name. Does that mean that this account is shared by more than one person? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 21:31, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your answer. I'm afraid Wikipedia policy does not allow shared accounts, so you should not continue to edit using this account. You are perfectly welcome to each create a personal account and use those instead of this "team" account. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 23:37, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Team4 2017, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Access economy have been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. 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.

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 information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
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 can, but please follow the steps in Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

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) 20:14, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]