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Copyright Violations

While anybody can contribute to Wikipedia, there are some rules to follow.

1) You can't just copy and paste from a website that has copyrighted material.

From © 2000 - 2007 China Shipping All rights reserved. and/or © 2000 - 2007 China Shipping All rights reserved.

Please see:

• Wikipedia:Copyright_violations
• Wikipedia:Copyright_problems

2) You have to format the material to adhere to Wikipedia guidelines.

Please see:

• Wikipedia:Five pillars
• Help:Contents/Policies and guidelines
• Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (NPOV)
• Wikipedia:Verifiability
• Wikipedia:No original research
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style

Next, I can't emphasize this one enough: CITE YOU SOURCES!

How to cite sources:

Wikipedia:Citing sources and also Wikipedia:Citing sources/example style

See also: Wikipedia:Citing sources, Wikipedia:ISBN, and Wikipedia talk:Footnotes/Mixed citations and footnotes

SEE: Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles (This is a good one!)

Study up, there will be a test. WikiDon