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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by BlingRockstar (talk | contribs) at 15:28, 10 December 2017. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Control copyright icon Hello Dehawki1, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Miss America's Outstanding teen 2011 have been removed, as they appear to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues here.

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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) 15:06, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Diannaa Okay, so if I edit the source you delete, and put it in my own words, and then put quotation marks. Can i put it back on there. If I can't, it's not a big deal THX Dehawki1 (talk) 15:09, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Content has to be written in your own words and not include any wording from the source material. One thing I find that works for me is to read over the source material and then pretend I am verbally describing the topic to a friend in my own words. Stuff should also be presented in a different order where possible. Summarize rather than paraphrase. This will typically result in your version being much shorter than the source document. There's some reading material on this topic at Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing and/or have a look at the material at Purdue or study this module aimed at WikiEd students. I suggest you write a short paragraph of about 100 words. You need to cite your sources.
I noticed you uploaded an image, File:Miss America's Outstanding Teen Lacey Russ.jpg. Under current copyright law, literary works and photos are subject to copyright whether they are tagged as such or not. No registration is required, and no copyright notice is required. So please always assume that all material you find online is copyright. Since we don't accept non-free images of living people for fair use, I have to delete the image. Sorry. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 15:18, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, thanks for your message, I will make sure to remember that, THXDehawki1 (talk) 15:28, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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