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{{Guideline}} {{-}} Don’t include listings or complete records, rather, link externally to the source. Don’t include lengthy poems, speeches or other source text. Link to it. {{main|Create an external link}}
Don’t include listings or complete records, rather, link externally to the source. Don’t include lengthy poems, speeches or other source text. Link to it.  


It may be tempting to copy vast amounts of public domain text into the wiki. Far better to add a brief quote or summary and then link to the public domain source material, so that researchers can find and benefit from consulting the whole work if needed. {{see also|FamilySearch Wiki:Copyrights}}
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Please visit the [[Policy Talk:Link, don't copy|Link, don't copy Discussion]] page to add comments or suggestions for further development of the policy related to linking content instead of copying.
 
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Revision as of 12:58, 11 May 2009

Don’t include listings or complete records, rather, link externally to the source. Don’t include lengthy poems, speeches or other source text. Link to it.



Please visit the Link, don't copy Discussion page to add comments or suggestions for further development of the policy related to linking content instead of copying.