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Just saw your question about copyrights. I'll restore it now. Thanks, [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 16:15, 2004 Aug 17 (UTC)

Adding copyrighted lyrics

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Verifiability

Take a look at this page about sourcing edits. Feel free to post on my talk page, and I'll answer there.--John Foxe (talk) 00:28, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There's no way to find an "unbiased" source when it comes to Joseph Smith. Many sources have discussed the role of Martin Harris' wife in the translation, and the quote I included has been referenced in many biographies, all of which Smith supporters will say are biased. The point is, it's a well-known quote and should be included in the discussion of what happened to the first translation, rather than jusy saying they were lost without any explanation.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Marknyc (talk • contribs) 07:24, 1 November 2014‎

It's not an unbiased source I'm looking for; it's a secondary source. If it's a well known quotation and included in many biographies, then quote a biography not the primary source.--John Foxe (talk) 02:47, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're placing a high burden of proof on this. You know full well that the story of Harris' wife has been mentioned many times. In fact, my addition simply says "Some sources state..." and I provided one of them. Why do I have to provide multiple sources for such an oft-mentioned story? Seems like you are trying to censor it for some reason.

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Book source on White Christmas (film)

Thanks for adding a reference to White Christmas (film). What is the page number in the book that supports the content? Schazjmd (talk) 18:44, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Recent edit reversion

In this edit here, I reverted some information that appears to be a violation of our copyright policy.

I provided a brief summary of the problem in the edit summary, which should be visible just below my name. You can also click on the "view history" tab in the article to see the recent history of the article. This should be an edit with my name, and a parenthetical comment explaining why your edit was reverted. If that information is not sufficient to explain the situation, please ask.

I do occasionally make mistakes. We get hundreds of reports of potential copyright violations every week, and sometimes there are false positives, for a variety of reasons. (Perhaps the material was moved from another Wikipedia article, or the material was properly licensed but the license information was not obvious, or the material is in the public domain but I didn't realize it was public domain, and there can be other situations generating a report to our Copy Patrol tool that turn out not to be actual copyright violations.) If you think my edit was mistaken, please politely let me know and I will investigate. S Philbrick (Talk) 13:21, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]