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Catherine Humphreys & 5th Fusiliers of Oriente[edit]
Hi and welcome to BattleTechWiki. Thanks for helping to improve a couple of articles. I wanted to let you know that I reverted a portion of the edit you made to Catherine Humphreys because it violates BTW's policy on copyrights. In short, the text was taken directly from the source it references, which is considered plagiarism. Because you do not own the text, you are not allowed to reproduce it. If it were to remain on BTW, it would open the website to lawsuits seeking damages.
The addition you made to 5th Fusiliers of Oriente is also plagiarized. I see that you changed a couple of words, but it is not enough. You must rewrite the text so that it is wholly in your words. So that the addition is not lost, I have moved it to the article's talk page. Please make the necessary changes when you are able. --Scaletail 16:46, 12 April 2012 (PDT)
