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Line 11: ==Adding information to Wikipedia== Wikipedia ''[[WP:What Wikipedia is not#Encyclopedic content\|summarizes]]'' accepted knowledge. As a rule, the more accepted knowledge it can encapsulate, the better it is. ~~Please~~So please [[WP:Be bold\|~~boldly~~be bold]] and add content summarizing accepted knowledge, ~~and~~but be particularly cautious about removing sourced content. It is Wikipedia policy that information in Wikipedia should be [[WP:Verifiability\|verifiable]] and must [[WP:No original research\|not be original research]]. Show that content is verifiable by referencing [[WP:Reliable sources\|reliable sources]]. Because a lack of content is better than misleading or false content, unsourced content may be challenged and [[WP:BURDEN\|removed]]. To avoid such challenges, the best practice is to provide an [[WP:inline citation\|inline citation]] when adding content (see: [[WP:Citing sources]] for instructions on how to do this, or ask for help at the [[WP:Help desk\|Help desk]]). Wikipedia respects others' copyright. Although content must be backed by reliable sources, [[WP:Copying text from other sources\|avoid copying]] or [[WP:Close paraphrasing\|closely paraphrasing]] a copyrighted source. You should read the source, understand it, and then express what it says [[WP:Verifiability#Copyright and plagiarism\|in your own words]]. An exception exists for the often necessary use of short quotations; they must be enclosed in quotations marks, accompanied by an inline reference to the source, and usually attributed to the author. (See the [[Wikipedia:Non-free content\|fair use doctrine]] which allows limited quoting without permission.)

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