User talk:Wittamanda

Welcome and introduction

Hi, Wittamanda. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person by golly! And this real person (that would be me), wants to say welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad you've made an account! Thanks for joining; you're on your way to making some great contributions.

Because I've noticed you've just joined, I wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. Any questions are fine, nothing is too silly (we've heard them all). Now, the tips below - hop on them - they should help you begin editing. Best of luck! JoeSmack ^Talk 20:52, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yessss! You made an account! Totally sweet!

Anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people. Besides that, you shouldn't feel nervous or anything about a good-willed contribution. If you're concerned, talk to us.

Play in your user area. For example, create User:Wittamanda/test. If you feel nervous, feel free to talk to us.

When you're ready, start your first article using the Article Wizard. You don't HAVE to use it, but for your first article it really helps. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references. If you'd like more guidance, you guessed it, talk to us.

Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page. (You'll want to sign your name with these four tildes ~~~~ when you leave something on a talk page to help know who you are!)

Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia!

--JoeSmack ^Talk 20:52, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. If you just feel like poking around, Wikipedia:Help is a good place to start. :)

Mark I. Greene

This is an automated message from MadmanBot. I have performed a search with the contents of Mark I. Greene, and it appears to be very similar to another Wikipedia page: Dr. Mark I greene. It is possible that you have accidentally duplicated contents, or made an error while creating the page— you might want to look at the pages and see if that is the case. If you are intentionally trying to rename an article, please see Help:Moving a page for instructions on how to do this without copying and pasting. If you are trying to move or copy content from one article to a different one, please see Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia and be sure you have acknowledged the duplication of material in an edit summary to preserve attribution history.

It is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article. MadmanBot (talk) 21:44, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The other page was deleted by Admin. Thank you!

Mark I. Greene - Copyright violation tag

A bot tagged the articles as possibly having copy paste content. But, it could be that it found the other article and saw the same text. Is any content copy pasted verbatim? Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:01, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I copied from the page which you deleted. Everything else is original writing. Thanks Anna!

Was the content from the deleted page copy pasted from anywhere?

Also, the article is likely to be nominated for deletion. It really needs good sources. Most are pieces written by him. The others are just profiles. The article really doesn't pass WP:GNG. Please see what references you can find. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 22:17, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It contained copyvio, uncited text, and original research, which I've deleted. He does seem to meet notability, per the awards and prizes-- not sure though. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:51, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Avoiding copyright problems

Hello, and welcome. 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 a cited source. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Wikipedia: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.
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 if 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 without attribution. If you want to copy 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 visit me at my talk page . Thank you. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:51, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]