OldMiakka47

May 2024

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Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicising, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. Shadow311 (talk) 18:59, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello OldMiakka47! Your additions to 1st Florida Special Cavalry Battalion 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, it's important to understand and adhere to guidelines about using information from sources to prevent copyright and plagiarism issues. Here are the key points:

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa (talk) 11:38, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, Diannaa. What in particular was removed for lack of appropriate citation? OldMiakka47 (talk) 12:16, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Content was not removed for lack of citation. It was removed because you appear to have copied some prose from https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1264&context=fhq. Please don't add copyright material to Wikipedia. To do so is a violation of our copyright policy. — Diannaa (talk) 14:13, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks again, Diannaa for your response. I've re-read the rules you posted above so I want to be sure I am clear; I paraphrased too closely even with the citation? I just want to better understand because the portion that was removed is important historical context to the page. Please let me know how I can better cite the information to give the appropriate credit. Thank you in advance for your assistance. OldMiakka47 (talk) 10:15, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

The content I removed was hardly paraphrased at all; it was almost identical to the source. That's not allowed; in fact copying from your sources like that is a violation of our copyright policy. — Diannaa (talk) 00:25, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

I apologize Diannaa, I wasn't trying to imply that what I was doing was okay; to contrary I was trying to better understand how to quote and paraphrase correctly to Wikipedia standards. Again, my apologies for any confusion as to my intent. I see I've been assigned a Wiki mentor who I'll utilize for these types of questions going forward. Thank you for your dedication and work to this important website. OldMiakka47 (talk) 11:05, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Tagging for Citation needed

Please use the template {{Citation needed}} instead of the non-standard "^{[citation needed]}" when you wanted to mark unsourced content in an article. Among other things, it automatically creates a hidden category that may draw the attention of other editors who can help. Donald Albury 18:47, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, Donald! OldMiakka47 (talk) 19:45, 11 June 2024 (UTC)