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*[[Wikipedia:Article titles|Naming conventions]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style|Simplified Manual of Style]] |
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;Please bear these points in mind while editing Wikipedia: |
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* [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|Respect copyrights]] – do not copy and paste text or images directly from other websites. |
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* Maintain a [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]] – this is one of Wikipedia's core policies. |
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* Take particular care while adding biographical material about a [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|living person]] to any Wikipedia page and follow [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|Wikipedia's Biography of Living Persons policy]]. Particularly, controversial and negative statements should be [[Help:Introduction to referencing/1|referenced]] with multiple [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable sources]]. |
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* No [[Wikipedia:Edit warring|edit warring]] or [[Wikipedia:Sock puppetry|sock puppetry]]. |
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* If you are testing, please use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]] to <span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:Wikipedia:Sandbox|action=edit}} do so]</span>. |
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* Do not add troublesome content to any [[Wikipedia:What is an article?|article]], such as: [[copyright]]ed text, [[Wikipedia:Libel|libel]], [[Wikipedia:Spam#Advertisements masquerading as articles|advertising]] or [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion|promotional messages]], and text that is not related to an article's subject. Deliberately adding such content or otherwise editing articles maliciously is considered [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]]; doing so will result in your account or IP being [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked from editing]]. |
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* Do not use talk pages as discussion or forum pages as Wikipedia is [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#FORUM|not a forum]]. |
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The [[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wikipedia tutorial]] is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the [[Help:Contents|help pages]], add a question to the [[Wikipedia:village pump|village pump]] or ask me on [[User talk:Doug Weller|my talk page]]. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome!<!-- Template:Welcomelaws --> [[User:Doug Weller|Doug Weller]] ([[User talk:Doug Weller|talk]]) 08:24, 15 December 2015 (UTC) |
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== Adam's Peak == |
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Hi. Sorry, but as this is the English version of Wikipedia we use the normal English name for it. Other language versions of course would where appropriate use Sri Pada. The Buddha is also already mentioned, we'd need a teliable source and an inline citation for the blue gem. [[User:Doug Weller|Doug Weller]] ([[User talk:Doug Weller|talk]]) 08:28, 15 December 2015 (UTC) |
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== Wikipedia and copyright == |
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[[File:Control copyright icon.svg|30px|link=|alt=Control copyright icon]] Hello Channasandeepanaperera, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to [[:Colombo]] has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without [[Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission|permission]] from the copyright holder. 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. |
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*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 mark]]s (") and a cited source. You can read about this at [[Wikipedia:Non-free content]] in the sections on "text". See also [[Help:Referencing for beginners]], for how to cite sources here. |
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*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 [[derivative work|copyright problems]], so it is not permitted here; see [[Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing]]. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, [http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/ hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue].) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verify]] information and to demonstrate that the content is not [[Wikipedia:No original research|original research]]. |
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*Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is [[Wikipedia:Copyrights]]. You may also want to review [[Wikipedia:Copy-paste]]. |
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*If ''you'' own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you ''may'' be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See [[Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials]]. |
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*In ''very rare cases'' (that is, for sources that are [[public domain]] or [[Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright#Can I add something to Wikipedia that I got from somewhere else?|compatibly licensed]]), it ''may'' be possible to include greater portions of a source text. ''However'', please seek help at the [[Wikipedia:Help desk|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 is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see [[Wikipedia:Plagiarism]] for the steps you need to follow. |
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*Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in [[Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia]]. |
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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 [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked]] from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. <!--Template:uw-copyright-new--> [[User:Doug Weller|Doug Weller]] ([[User talk:Doug Weller|talk]]) 06:15, 16 December 2015 (UTC) |
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== Please do not create new articles by copying old articles, Srilankawildlife is a bad copy of [[Wildlife of Sri Lanka]] == |
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You are also making changes in articles with no explanation, please use [[WP:Edit summaries]] in the future. I'll also give you a standard message about how to copy material from one article into another without breaking copyright - but that wasn't even appropriate in this case. [[User:Doug Weller|Doug Weller]] ([[User talk:Doug Weller|talk]]) 08:04, 16 December 2015 (UTC) |
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