User talk:Mahlet Fasil

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Hello, Mahlet Fasil, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to the encyclopedia. If you need assistance, check out the Getting Help section below or place {{Help me}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~), which will automatically produce your username and the date. Also, please always fill in the edit summary field to describe your edits. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Cordially, Jetstreamer ^Talk 11:23, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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September 2014

Hello, I'm Jetstreamer. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Ethiopian Airlines because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Jetstreamer ^Talk 10:30, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WP:CIRCULAR

Please do not use Wikipedia as a source.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 11:22, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Mahlet Fasil, and welcome to Wikipedia. Your addition to History of Ethiopia has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without 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.

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 Help: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.
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.
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 is 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 leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Dougweller (talk) 14:04, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

More copyright violations

Virtually all of your edits have been copyright violations. You really need to read WP:CLOSEPARAPHRASE. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 14:08, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]