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I'm just going to copy what Moonriddengirl said about this: "In accordance with Wikipedia:Plagiarism, it is perfectly all right to copy from public domain sources as long as the copying is explicitly acknowledged. Copying without that explicit acknowledgment constitutes plagiarism. I would recommend, when you copy extensively from public domain sources, acknowledging what you are doing in the edit summary, but what is required is a note or attribution template indicating where the material came from and that the material is copied. The attribution template for that source is {{NPS}}. I place these in the top of the reference section. Alternatively, he can cite the source for each passage and place this template in the citation:{{PD-notice}}. There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach. I myself would recommend an inline citation to the source but the use of the first template. If he uses the in-citation template, the template may disappear if somebody rewrites those specific sentences, not realizing that other passages are copied as well. I prefer the in-citation template where only a few sentences are copied and each is explicitly identified to the source or where multiple PD sources are copied and annotated."

I've restored the text with the tempate. Dougweller (talk) 12:55, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The appropriate length of the lead section depends on the total length of the article. As a general guideline—but not absolute rule—the lead should usually be no longer than four paragraphs.

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