Elvisisking

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Thank you! Elvisisking (talk) 00:08, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

No problem, happy editing! - Ahunt (talk)

March 2023

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours to the page Rachael Thomas has an edit summary that appears to be inadequate, inaccurate, or inappropriate. The summaries are helpful to people browsing an article's history, so it is important that you use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did. Feel free to use the sandbox to make test edits. Your edit summary in [1] is misleading. The Globe and Mail did not take down the article, but instead automatically added a tag that it applies to all articles after a certain period of time to war readers that it might be dated. A article retraction notice is very different, and not that. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 14:55, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Patar knight thank you, that makes sense.

I am practicing checking/verifying citations and was thinking that it meant the articles accuracy had timed out. Is this the issue you tried to address with the revert to the @KylieTastic edit?

I had made a couple of additions to the article that were also removed through that revert but are relevant and substantiated. Is the correct process to re-write those edits? Or is there a more appropriate process to recover those sections?

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can give me! --Elvisisking (talk) 20:29, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, it can be confusing if you're not familiar with it. It's just a quick and cheap thing they do to warn readers that the article might not be accurate, but unless there's contradictory sources on the topic since, it's not an issue. It was one of the issues, though the main one was because this edit shortly before yours broke a ton of citations. I've since gone through and tried to a more nuanced restoration/cleanup edit, and added additional sources for some of the Artsakh stuff and that during the committee chair election, Harder and Vecchio described it as a deflection from tax policy, which I think was your other substantial edit. I also reverted the image change, since it appears to be from her website, which is not under one of the free licenses listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags/Free licenses, so we can't use it on Wikipedia. If you own the legal rights to the photo though, you can follow the steps at WP:DONATEIMAGE. In the meantime, I've reverted to an earlier photo with a free license. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 21:29, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! That makes sense. In regards to free licensed photos, I see on the linked page (Wikipedia:File copyright tags/Free licenses) that the UK government has an open government license, from what I can see the Library of Parliament in Canada also has an open license but it isn't eminently clear from that page whether it extends to the official headshots of Canadian MPs listed on their site or not. I will see what digging I can do to find a decent-resolution headshot with a free license. Thanks again Elvisisking (talk) 19:20, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

MP websites aren't run by the Library of Parliament. The British OGL allows for commercial reuse, while the Canadian one does not, which is why British MPs all have their official portraits on Wikipedia, since Wikipedia requires commercial re-use (see: Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License). Good luck on finding a free (enough) image. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 02:46, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Yes! Sorry, that wasn't a question regarding the previous photo in use - I was inquiring because Canadian MPs do have official headshots on the House of Commons official webpage, and it seems from the text that all the images are compiled by the Library of Parliament, which has a free license. I was thinking that could be a good alternative to the solution but wanted to check your thoughts. Sorry just trying to make sure I use the correct image and don't create another violation. Thanks so much Elvisisking (talk) 18:12, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Rob Miyashiro (April 5)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Cabrils was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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Cabrils (talk) 00:42, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much! That is super helpful. I can work on adding some more sources/information and re-submit. I really appreciate the help. Elvisisking (talk) 19:22, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

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Concern regarding Draft:Rob Miyashiro

Hello, Elvisisking. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Rob Miyashiro, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 01:02, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Rob Miyashiro

Hello, Elvisisking. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Rob Miyashiro".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:42, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Paywall Use on Wikipedia

Hey Elvis. I noticed your question at the article Paywall. I have the same concern as you about reader access to sources that are provided as reliable references but can not be verified without a subscription. I wonder if you found any more information on the subject? I also wonder how your thesis on the use of Wikipedia and its impact on the English Language went? Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 13:40, 30 March 2024 (UTC)