Help:Adding open-license text to Wikipedia

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It explains concepts or processes used by the Wikipedia community. It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, and may reflect varying levels of consensus.

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Text on Wikipedia is added in one of two ways:

Written by Wikipedia volunteers, using their own words to express the facts and ideas reported in the sources
Copied from an external source whose copyright status is compatible with Wikipedia's license.

Open license text which is available under a compatible license or in the public domain can be used to improve existing Wikipedia articles and create new ones.