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May 2024 edit
Your edit to Georgian Dream has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for information on how to contribute your work appropriately. For legal reasons, Wikipedia strictly cannot host copyrighted text or images from print media or digital platforms without an appropriate and verifiable license. Contributions infringing on copyright will be removed. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. — Diannaa (talk) 14:34, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for the notice. I'm very new to wikipedia so I did not know the exact rules for editing. I knew that copyrighted material wasn't allowed, but I thought it did not apply to Britannica since it was an encyclopedia.
- The reason I used that material is that because there were noticeable holes in the article. I don't know and remember what I took from Britannica. Is there any way to see what you removed so I can rewrite it with my own words? Also when rewriting can you tell me what I should keep in mind? Thanks once again in advance. Zlad! (talk) 19:13, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- I can send you the removed content via email but you will have to activate your Wikipedia email first.General tips: Content has to be written in your own words and not include any wording from the source material (short properly attributed quotations are allowed, but cannot be used as a substitute for writing your own content). One thing I find that works for me is to read over the source material and then pretend I am verbally describing the topic to a friend in my own words. Stuff should also be presented in a different order where possible. Summarize rather than paraphrase, and don't try to include every single detail. This will typically result in your version being much shorter than the source document. It also helps to have more than one source to draw from. There's some reading material on this topic at Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing and/or have a look at the material at Paraphrase: Write It in Your Own Words. Check out the links in the menu on the left for some exercises to try. Or study this module aimed at WikiEd students. — Diannaa (talk) 21:02, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, I didn't see your message and edited the article with what I thought was missing. I tried my best, but after reading your response there may be 1 or 2 places where the wording is quite close. I liked Britannica as a source as it was very straightforward, objective, and chronological and perfect for wiki.
- I'm planning to work on this article for the following week or so and may alter stuff in places. I'd appreciate feedback on how I used the Britannica article and I will keep your advice for the all my future edits. I think I activated my Wikipedia email and would appreciate you emailing me removed content. Zlad! (talk) 22:44, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
- I have sent you the removed material via email. You can use our comparison tool to check your addition: here. There's still a 20% overlap with the source but it was not enough to trigger another CopyPatrol report. But you could do some further cleanup — Diannaa (talk) 12:16, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! What tools can I use to check for overlap? Zlad! (talk) 13:31, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
- https://copyvios.toolforge.org/ — Diannaa (talk) 13:52, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! What tools can I use to check for overlap? Zlad! (talk) 13:31, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
- I have sent you the removed material via email. You can use our comparison tool to check your addition: here. There's still a 20% overlap with the source but it was not enough to trigger another CopyPatrol report. But you could do some further cleanup — Diannaa (talk) 12:16, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
- I can send you the removed content via email but you will have to activate your Wikipedia email first.General tips: Content has to be written in your own words and not include any wording from the source material (short properly attributed quotations are allowed, but cannot be used as a substitute for writing your own content). One thing I find that works for me is to read over the source material and then pretend I am verbally describing the topic to a friend in my own words. Stuff should also be presented in a different order where possible. Summarize rather than paraphrase, and don't try to include every single detail. This will typically result in your version being much shorter than the source document. It also helps to have more than one source to draw from. There's some reading material on this topic at Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing and/or have a look at the material at Paraphrase: Write It in Your Own Words. Check out the links in the menu on the left for some exercises to try. Or study this module aimed at WikiEd students. — Diannaa (talk) 21:02, 24 May 2024 (UTC)