User talk:Rszimmerman

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Hello, Rszimmerman, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of your recent edits to the page Sex education in the United States has not conformed to Wikipedia's verifiability policy, and has been or will be removed. Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or in other media. Always remember to provide a reliable source for quotations and for any material that is likely to be challenged, or it may be removed. Wikipedia also has a related policy against including original research in articles. Additionally, all new biographies of living people must contain at least one reliable source.

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Rszimmerman (talk) 16:16, 8 July 2016 (UTC) Hello! I would love to verify the issues because all of the information I just added did come from factual sources, where do I need to add citations? Thanks! Rszimmerman (talk) 16:16, 8 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Rszimmerman, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Sex education in the United States has had to be removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without 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.

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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. Mdann52 (talk) 17:38, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm not really sure how to edit this talk page but I understand the copyright concern and I will do my best to re-do the edits on the pages in such a way that they do not create any concerns because a lot of the information is currently out of date and should be updated, which I'm sure you agree to. Thank you for your help and please let me know if there are further guidelines I should adhere to so that I can best edit the page to provide accurate and up-to-date information. Rszimmerman (talk) 14:51, 8 July 2016 (UTC)rszimmermanRszimmerman (talk) 14:51, 8 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]