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Pillar Three

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Everything on Wikipedia is free to use. So when you contribute information to Wikipedia, you need to make sure it's OK to share freely.

Copying and pasting copyrighted material into Wikipedia isn't just plagiarism, it's a copyright violation, too. Even when attributing facts to reliable sources, it’s important to avoid close paraphrasing, as well.