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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. | 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}} | |||
{{ | 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 the research can benefit from consulting the whole worked if wanted. | ||
{{see also|FamilySearch Wiki:Copyrights}} | |||
{{Policies and guidelines}} | {{Policies and guidelines}} | ||