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Notice at top of page says this is an "orphan". There is a link to this page from the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) wiki page. When I use the "Find Links" tool, it does not find this link. I will also look to add other links where applicable once I know I am introducing the link correctly. Thank you, SusanDJones (talk)SusanDJonesSusanDJones (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 13:05, 27 March 2014‎

I have moved this down, because new entries customarily go at the bottom of talk pages, to keep the conversation in order.

Yes, you have done it right, and the link from the MILES page shows up for me in "What links here", so you can remove the "Orphan" tag. For advice on linking, see Help:Wikilinks. JohnCD (talk) 19:30, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the tag. Huon (talk) 19:44, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You all for your assistance. I look forward to participating in more contributions to Wiki.— Preceding unsigned comment added by SusanDJones (talk • contribs) 16:44, 27 March 2014

Copyright violation

I have founds reasons to suspect that large portions of this article has been copied word for word from other sources. Take the following example: "The SMODIM is fully compatible with the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) and laser-based direct fire weapons. Additionally, it eliminates the requirement for MILES-type lasers by providing the capability to geometrically pair weapon engagements"; this can be found at http://www.inter-coastal.net/smodim.html where it is likely and a carbon-copy of it on this article. This is not appropriate use of web material, sources can be paraphrased and quotes but cannot content-scraped wholesale into Wiki articles. Kyteto (talk) 18:31, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I will change it if needed. The quote is directly from my company internet sight. It is the best description of how the SMODIM is compatible with MILES and how it can eliminate it as well. SusanDJones (talk) 18:35, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This is my first article. I thought it was ok to copy part of the text that I reference. Is it not? SusanDJones (talk) 18:37, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I can understand that it's hard to start off in this environment. As a collectively, we're a little bit sensitive about copyright issues, as we don't want the site to be sued and shut down for infringement. Quotations really should be in quotation marks, while the majority of the article should be written in the editor's own unique words on the matter; I would recommend reading Wikipedia:Quotations for an explanation of quotes verses paraphrasing. In particular, that policy strongly recommends to use quotes in a limited manner, rather than the article being mostly quotes; this is mainly due to a long-established copyright principle of 'Fair Use'; the policy covers this quite well. As you appear responsive to the observations and are in effect the original source as well, in my opinion it looks like this matter can be resolved via ordinary editing towards paraphrasing. Kyteto (talk) 19:05, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note to any other editors who might wonder what's up based on Kyteto's post above re. SusanDJones's contribution, we're discussing it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history#Likely_copyright_violations_at_Smart_Onboard_Data_Interface_Module and hopefully we'll quickly resolve any concerns and identify a clear path forward for Susan to take so she can contribute this material. I've talked w/ Susan and believe she's absolutely acting in good faith, with the consent of ICE (who most likely aren't aware of Wikipedia's copyright policies and expectations), but is not sure of what, exactly, needs to happen next (hence the discussion linked to above)... JDanek007^Talk 21:44, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]