BranderChatfield

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North Dakota article

I removed the link that you recently put in the North Dakota article. I want to assure you that the only reason I did this was because the section you chose to put this external link into wasn't really a good match. I would instead recommend creating a Wikipedia article about this organization and then we could probably put in some link to that in the main North Dakota article. --MatthewUND^(talk) 06:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello BranderChatfield! Your additions to LGBT history in North Dakota 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.

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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. Moneytrees🏝️^{Talk/CCI guide} 19:41, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Moneytrees, Greetings. I was currently reviewing my entries and was about to edit them with double quotes or paraphrasing. Any chance to restore those entries? BranderChatfield (talk) 19:56, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Sorry for a delay in response, I was doing something else... If you have not read the DRN close, please do, as it goes over most of what I would tell you. Unfortunately, you can't copy in text and edit it later; you'll have to add it to the article rephrased. Looking over the history of the article, I see you've been adding information to it since 2015- some of it copied, some of it not. I've removed some of the content and reworded other parts; I'll give this edit as an example of how to rephrase. In that edit, you added:

"In September 2020, Magic City Equality temporarily flew the rainbow flag of the LGBTQ community beneath the U.S. flag in front of Minot, North Dakota City Hall. Mayor Shaun Sipma, who approved the flag-raising, had signed a proclamation declaring June as Pride Month. The decision resulted in a heated exchange during a council meeting"

The source said:

"Last Wednesday, Magic City Equality temporarily flew the rainbow flag of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning community beneath the U.S. flag in front of Minot City Hall. Mayor Shaun Sipma, who approved the flag raising, had signed a proclamation declaring June as Pride Month. Magic CIty Equality held a variety of activities last week."

I reworded your edit to this:

"In September 2020, the rainbow flag was briefly flown under the U.S. flag at the Minot City Hall. The decision resulted in a heated exchange during a council meeting."

I removed the "Mayor Shaun Sipma" sentence because the connection to the rest of the paragraph isn't clear; copying it over was unnecessary. Simply leaving out less relevant details is a big step in overcoming copyright issues. If you have any further questions, please ask me. Moneytrees🏝️^{Talk/CCI guide} 02:36, 29 November 2021 (UTC)