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[edit] Welcome!

Hi, Password, Welcome to Wikipedia!

I hope you like this place — I sure do — and want to stay. Before getting too in-depth, you may want to read about the five pillars of Wikipedia. If you need help on how to title new articles check out the naming conventions, and for help on formatting the pages visit the manual of style. If you need help look at Wikipedia:Help and the FAQ , plus if you can't find your answer there, check the Village Pump (for Wikipedia related questions) or the Reference Desk (for general questions)! There's still more help at the Tutorial and Policy Library. Plus, don't forget to visit the Community Portal. And if you have any more questions after that, feel free to post them on my user talk page.

[edit] Additional tips

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[edit] Happy Wiki-ing.

— Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 14:43, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Hi, there. Just so you know, cutting and pasting from most Internet sites is a violation of copyright. Not doing that keeps everyone from getting into trouble, y'know. Otherwise, welcome to the club! - Lucky 6.9 15:50, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Public domain

You're probably OK with the public domain part, but not all government text is public domain. If it's from the US Government, it is public domain and if that's the case with your contributions, they can be reverted back to the original posting rather easily. Hope this clears things up. Better to be safe than sorry. - Lucky 6.9 17:33, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Much of the public domain information your are contributing appears to be useful material, but it's important that it's all edited to conform to Wikipedia style. Articles like snake teeth need splitting up into paragraphs, linking to other articles, and rewording in places. Your contributions are welcomed, but can I ask that you go through them to make them look like normal Wikipedia articles before you contribute them? Thanks. — Trilobite (Talk) 21:55, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Manual of Style. When you copy this stuff over, please edit it accordingly. RickK 22:01, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

  • Hi, Password. Have you heard about Wikisource? That's the Wikimedia source text repository. Why not get an account there (mine is Wikisource:User:Ardonik) and add the texts down that way? The Wikipedia was never meant to be a dumping ground for source texts. We make articles about notable works, but don't just include the text literally unless we can make extensive, running commentaries--even if the source is public domain.
    We could really use the help of someone with your enthusiasm over at Wikisource. Post a message at the Wikisource:Scriptorium if you have any questions about what to do. Once we've incorporated some of your texts, we can link to them from some of the Wikipedia articles (where appropriate.) --Ardonik.talk()* 22:43, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)
    • Password, this verbatim copying must stop. It's not that we don't accept source texts--it's just that the project that you're looking for is called "Wikisource" and not "Wikipedia." If you need help getting set up over there, leave a message on my talk page. But if you keep cutting and pasting text into this encyclopedia, it will eventually be voted for deletion. Please respond! --Ardonik.talk()* 01:25, Sep 20, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] LOC copyrights

Hi Password,

Please remember to check the copyright information before copying information from the Library of Congress. Just because it's a .gov site, does not automatically mean that it's all public domain. Many of the texts they host are still under copyright and shouldn't be copied to Wikipedia. The dance manual, specifically, shouldn't be copied here without permission: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/dires.html

Rhobite 01:12, Sep 20, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] 1911 articles

For 1911 articles please follow these guidelines: 1911_Encyclopaedia_Britannica. Sometimes no article is better than a raw dump of a 1911 article. Also, the scaned copies of the 1911 that can be found on the Internet are copyright. You will need to own a hard copy typically, and scan or hand enter it yourself. The copyright versions are easy to spot because they contain the same scanning errors and missing text from the original.Stbalbach 08:22, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Snake teeth article copyright violation

Hi,

The article Snake teeth is a copyright violation, as it contained copied text from a copyrighted source. The article has now been deleted. Please don't directly copy text from copyrighted sources, as it will be deleted. Wikipedia is a secondary source of information and cannot use such material. Thanks, Bumm13 22:45, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

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