User talk:VeritatemQuaerendamXI
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Hello, VeritatemQuaerendamXI, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:36, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I'm very excited to start editing for this class and I am glad we will share this Wikipedia journey!Hasmit06 (talk) 14:38, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
September 2018[edit]
Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I've noticed that you have been adding your signature to some of your edits to articles. This is a common mistake to make and has probably already been corrected. Please do not sign your edits to article content, as the article's edit history serves the function of attributing contributions, so you only need to use your signature to make discussions more readable, such as on article talk pages or project pages such as the Village Pump. If you would like further information about distinguishing types of pages, please see What is an article? Again, thank you for contributing, and enjoy your Wikipedia experience! Thank you. Jac16888 Talk 14:49, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Plagiarism[edit]
Hello, I received a notification that you had posted material that closely paraphrased or took material verbatim from content that had previously been published elsewhere to your article. This is seen as a copyright issue and plagiarism, even if you were to include the original source as a citation. Always be careful when writing article content - a good way to avoid doing this is to take notes while reading and write your article from those notes. In this case, I do see where you tried, however the material was still too identical to the source material.
Unless the material is explicitly marked as falling into the public domain or was released under a compatible Creative Commons license, it should be assumed that the content is copyrighted in a way that would prohibit it from being used verbatim elsewhere. It's always best to write things in your own words, as this can help prevent issues like this from arising. I would like for you to review the module on plagiarism and copyright, thanks. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:21, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
- Something else to be careful about is that the addition also went into a lot of detail about one specific person - three large paragraphs. It's best to give a very brief overview of the topic, as not only can this help avoid plagiarism, but it will also help avoid giving a single person undue weight in the overall section. You can still cover her, but a single individual should not be given very lengthy coverage, especially as the section is meant to be a general overview. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:29, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
@Shalor: Hey! I have already addressed this and rewritten it on the Women in Government page. It should also be a tad bit more general now. Thanks! VeritatemQuaerendamXI (talk) 13:58, 24 October 2018 (UTC)