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''[[A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature]]'' is out of copyright due to its age. Its content can be copied verbatim into a Wikipedia article providing that the text meets Wikipedia policies and guidelines (see "[[WP:FREECOPYING|Copying material from free sources]]" in the [[WP:PLAGIARISM|plagiarism guideline]]). The [[WP:PLAGIARISM|plagiarism guideline]] requires that suitable attribution is provided if content is copied from a public domain source (see the section "[[WP:FREECOPYING|Copying material from free sources]]").<br />
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=== Usage ===<br />
This template should be placed either as an inline citation (see [[WP:CITE]]), or in the References section (see [[WP:APPENDIX]]) of a Wikipedia article that contains text copied from ''[[A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature]]''<br />
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