Keep attribution with a saved document

Keep enough context in your saved document for another reader to find the source and understand what you changed. Attribution is a record of origin and method, not a guarantee that copying is permitted.

Save a reviewed source record

Use a completed result or other text you already lawfully hold.

1. Record the source title and final public URL next to the passage. Keep the requested URL too when a redirect matters.
2. State whether the passage is quoted, summarized or edited. Keep your analysis outside a quotation so it is not mistaken for the source's wording.
3. Record warnings or truncation that affect the excerpt and note whether you checked the relevant passage against the source.
4. Save the document in your chosen editor and reopen the saved file. Check that the links still point to the intended source and that the excerpt did not lose conditions or attribution.

An attribution example, not a verification receipt

This exact teaching snippet shows how a source-and-method block is organized. The checklist wording inside it is an editorial prompt for the writer, not a claim that checks ran. Replace it with the facts of your own review before treating it as your document's attribution.

## Sources and method

- Primary source: [CommonMark reference](https://commonmark.org/help/).
- Method: source-based synthesis with an original worked example.
- What we checked: list the source passages and any executed example.
- Limits: identify what was not tested.

This article shares what we learned; it is not the source publisher’s official documentation.

The CommonMark reference explains Markdown link and heading syntax. Link to primary sources and quote only what you need; attribution does not grant redistribution rights or make your article the source publisher's official documentation.

If source context was lost during copying, recover it from the original result before sharing. Keep original result bytes separate from edited notes if you retain a Markdown digest. See what the digest proves.

Keep follow-up notes distinct from source text

A short note can record your next action without claiming the source or an agent already performed it. This is an illustrative destination note, not extracted page content. Keep its attribution record beside it when a source informed the follow-up.

# Follow up

Ask Morgan for the revised delivery date.

Reopen the saved note and check the action wording. Saving a request to ask Morgan does not send a message or confirm a delivery date.