User talk:Vacationing55

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Copyrights question

Some of the history section in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidhpur article was taken from Hindu Temples, what Happened to Them: the Islamic Evidence without attribution. I deleted one paragraph that was directly copied, as was recommended in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_problems#Instructions , but I am not sure how much more was taken, and what policies they fall under. Also it mentioned affixing a copyright tag and notifying the editor, which I don't know how to do. Thank you, Vacationing55 (talk) 11:17, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Hiya,

It sounds like you did just the right thing. For further checks and action, please report the issue on Wikipedia:Copyright problems, where Wikipedians who have specific experience in this complex area should be able to assist you.

Cheers!  Chzz  ►  11:26, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, I will check it out. --Vacationing55 (talk) 11:40, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

September 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Sidhpur, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you! -- Alpha Quadrant (talk) 15:19, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

I removed it as per the [1] page because of it was copied word for word from a 1991 book without attribution as I noted in the editing summary. Please see the above discussion with Chzz. Vacationing55 (talk) 20:12, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Correction: actually it was a 1990 book, so it came out more than a decade before wikipedia even started. Continued discussion here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alpha_Quadrant#.22Vandalism.22_on_Sidhpur_page Vacationing55 (talk) 21:01, 10 September 2010 (UTC)