User talk:Skisquash

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Skisquash, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Hanover Parish have been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of 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 cite the source using an inline citation. 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 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.

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. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 22:16, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

List of plantations in Jamaica

Thank you for expanding this. Philafrenzy (talk) 22:28, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sources and reverts

When you add unsourced content to articles, or even change what's there already, and it is reverted because you have provided nothing to verify your content, please do not just revert it back in.

If you want to alter what the article says, or if the article is incorrect, you need to provide a reliable source to demonstrate this. Thank you. Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 17:29, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

July 2025

Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to Vasco da Gama. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use your sandbox. Thank you. Donald Albury 17:31, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Muboshgu. Your recent edit appears to have included premature information about a reported sports transaction, so it has been undone for now. The transaction is based on anonymous sources and/or awaiting an official announcement. Please cite a reliable source confirming its completion or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you think there has been a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:08, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]