Danngala
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editHi, I don't have a welcome message, but i imagine one will be along shortly. Meanwhile I suggest you read WP:COI and WP:SPAM, and also look at the Wikipedia:Manual of Style and other articles. Carrying on as you are will probably result in removal of your contributions. Johnbod 23:58, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
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Guide to referencing
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I thought you might find it useful to have some information about references (refs) on wikipedia. These are important to validate your writing and inform the reader. Any editor can removed unreferenced material; and unsubstantiated articles may end up getting deleted, so when you add something to an article, it's highly advisable to also include a reference to say where it came from. Referencing may look daunting, but it's easy enough to do. Here's a guide to getting started.
A reference must be accurate, i.e. it must prove the statement in the text. To validate "Mike Brown climbed Everest", it's no good linking to a page about Everest, if Mike Brown isn't mentioned, nor to one on Mike Brown, if it doesn't say that he climbed Everest. You have to link to a source that proves his achievement is true. You must use Reliable sources, such as published books, mainstream press, authorised web sites, and official documents. Blogs, Myspace, Youtube, fan sites and extreme minority texts are not usually acceptable, nor is Original research, e.g. your own unpublished, or self-published, essay or research.
The first thing you have to do is to create a "Notes and references" section. This goes towards the bottom of the page, below the "See also" section and above the "External links" section. Enter this code:
The next step is to put a reference in the text. Here is the code to do that. It goes at the end of the relevant term, phrase, sentence, or paragraph to which the note refers, and after punctuation such as a full stop, without a space (to prevent separation through line wrap):
Whatever text you put in between these two tags will become visible in the "Notes and references" section as your reference.
Copy the following text, open the edit box for this page, paste it at the bottom (inserting your own text) and save the page:
(End of text to copy and paste.)
You need to include the information to enable the reader to find your source. For a book it might look like this:
An online newspaper source would be:
Note the square brackets around the URL. The format is [URL Title] with a space between the URL and the Title. If you do this the URL is hidden and the Title shows as the link. Use double apostrophes for the article title, and two single quote marks either side of the name of the paper (to generate italics). The date after The Guardian is the date of the newspaper, and the date after "Retrieved on" is the date you accessed the site – useful for searching the web archive in case the link goes dead. Wikilinks (double square brackets which create an internal link to a wikipedia article) function inside the ref tags. Dates are wikilinked so that they work with user preference settings.
You may prefer to use a citation template to compile details of the source. The template goes between the ref tags and you fill out the fields you wish to. Basic templates can be found here: Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Citation quick reference
The first time a reference appears in the article, you can give it a simple name in the <ref> code:
The second time you use the same reference in the article, you need only to create a short cut instead of typing it all out again:
You can then use the short cut as many times as you want. Don't forget the /, or it will blank the rest of the article! A short cut will only pick up from higher up the page, so make sure the first ref is the full one. Some symbols don't work in the ref name, but you'll find out if you use them.
You can see refs in action in the article William Bowyer (artist). There are 3 sources and they are each referenced 3 times. Each statement in the article has a footnote to show what its source is.
When you become familiar with the process, the next step is to have one section, "Footnotes", with links embedded in the text, and another, "References", which lists all of your references alphabetically with full details, e.g. for a book:
If you're ready to go into it further, these pages have detailed information:
I hope this helps. If you need any assistance, let me know. |
License tagging for Image:15748 Cresheim Mill.jpg
editThanks for uploading Image:15748 Cresheim Mill.jpg. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.
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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 19:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions to the William S. Rice article, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.
Feel free to re-submit a new version of the article. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.
If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text — which means allowing other people to modify it — then you must include on the external site the statement "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later."
You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question here. You can also leave a message on my talk page. ... discospinster talk 19:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Image copyright problem with Image:AB905.jpg
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Thank you for uploading Image:AB905.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. E&M 19:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Image copyright tagging
edit[Just to make sure you got my message, I'm also posting it here. nadav (talk) 19:56, 7 June 2007 (UTC)]
I am really unclear on which tag to use for the image I'm trying to add to my article. Both the article and the image come from my gallery's website, and the image belongs to the estate of the artist. Also, after I thought I'd found the right tag (BSD), I was unable to add it to the image information. I couldn't find the image editing page. Which tag should I use, and how do I correct it so it is not deleted?
Thank you, --Danngala 18:55, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
- Hello. I assume you are talking about Image:15748 Cresheim Mill.jpg and Image:RRT752.jpg. First, you will need to add the images to an article. Non-free images can only be on wikipedia if they are placed in appropriate articles for critical commentary and other such purposes (see WP:NONFREE). Once you do that, you should add the {{Non-free 2D art}} copyright tag. You will also need to supply a good fair use rationale. Best, nadav (talk) 19:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Edmond Casarella
editHi. Re Edmond Casarella and others: before you wade in too far, I'd advise checking out here, where there's a list of recently tidied artist articles that'll give an idea of standard Wikipedia formatting for the intro sentence etc. You should also avoid, per WP:COI guidelines, adding links to your own gallery. If the Annex Gallery has merit as source for any article, someone else will do it. Gordonofcartoon 21:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
This has been deleted as a copyright violation of printdealers.com. It also does not establish notability with verifiable references. Tyrenius 01:15, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
This article has been deleted as a promotional article requiring a rewrite, and also as one where the notability of the subject has not been shown. The only reference seems to be your gallery's estimation of him. For the article to be kept you will need to provide verifiable and acceptable sources, such as media coverage, books etc. Please see guide higher on this page for inserting references in the text. Tyrenius 02:03, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
- I've written an article on William S. Rice that complies, I believe, with Wikipedia's standards on notability and verifiability. Cullen328 (talk) 23:49, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
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