User talk:86.152.137.178

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[edit] January 2008

Hi, the recent edit you made to John Stewart (musician) has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks BJTalk 11:41, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copy & Paste

You recently added details to Erich Kästner (World War I veteran) by copying text directly from a BBC article. This violates the copyright of the BBC. I have removed the text in question on this account. In the future, please do not copy text from other websites without a GFDL-compatible license. It will be deleted, as noted below the Save page button on the edit screen.—WAvegetarian (talk) 16:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Christian Brando

As noted in the above post, copy and pasting text from other places is a copyright violation and is not allowed on Wikipedia. While it's acceptable to use the text as a basis, you must phrase the entry in your own words. Please pay attention to such things in the future. Thank you. Wildhartlivie (talk) 02:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

It's ok, I'm done with editing on Wiki. From what I've seen and read, about 70-80% (Possibly more) of articles referenced on wikipedia are copy/paste jobs. I'm not going to bother anymore, I'll just use it as a resource, which is a bit of a shame because I know there are a few articles on which I've improved aspects.