KazakhBT

Hi KazakhBT! Thanks for your note. Unfortunately I disagree with your "undos" of my edits of Mirtchev's page. The information you have in his controversies section is misguided and bordering on libel (see Wikipedia's guide for "Living Persons." It seems you only have edited his page? And are only drawing on negative sources or his company's website? Let's see if we can make something more Encyclopedia like for him. He is, after all, a widely respected economist. Perhaps you should visit the pages of other economists and compare his page to theirs? Then you'll see that the Controversies section you have seems more geared toward political heresy than fact. I reread all the articles you quoted. None of them really warrant a 500 word section, as you have written. RachelleLin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RachelleLin (talk • contribs) 14:21, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

This discussion is better suited for the article talk page. Let us continue it there. KazakhBT (talk) 19:04, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

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Pictures

Hey. I see that you have left me a message asking for advice on pictures. Well, here it goes: Most pictures that are suitable for Wikipedia are the free ones. Were do you find free pictures? Usually, pictures taken from Flickr [although you may check the license], as well as those you take with your camera, are free pictures, unless you make them non-free. You wrote something about a picture from a company bio or a screenshot from a news report. In both cases, those pictures wouldn't be free, and then, you would not be able to use them.

There is only one way that you can use a non-free image on Wikipedia: A free replacement doesn't exist. Example: There is no way you can replace a studio album's cover, or a film's poster, with a free replacement. In those cases, a non-free image is mandatory. As I guess you are trying to upload a picture of a living person [or is he/she dead?] you may need a free picture. I hope this helped. Otherwise, feel free to ask me for a more detailed explanation. Regards. — ṞṈ™ 01:56, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Update: I am watchlisting your talk page, so feel free to answer here. — ṞṈ™ 02:03, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

You have answered my question perfectly! Thank you. I'll try to find a free picture.

Now I have another question. I speak more than one language and in searching for sources, I've come across sources that are not in English. What is the procedure for adding sources that are not in English? Do I just go for it? Do I translate it and post it to the talk page? Do I translate just the relevant paragraph and post it to the talk page? KazakhBT (talk) 22:16, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

If you find any relevant information that should be added to the article and is on another language, there is no big issue adding it. Just translate the information and add it to the article. I always do this with sources in other languages [I speak spanish, italian and portuguese aside of english]. Just be sure that, inside the reference supporting the text, you state that it is on another language. If you use {{cite web}}, just add the parameter |language= along with the corresponding language. — ṞṈ™ 23:31, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you! I found the "cite web" template through a Google search, but I just want to make sure it looks right. Basically my references would look like what I have below. Is that correct?

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=23 November 2012 |language=}} KazakhBT (talk) 19:36, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Sorry I took so long to answer. I had no internet connection. When using the cite web template, you should fill all the parameters needed. url= is for the url; title= for the title of the page/article, author= for the person writing the article, etc. You can read the documentation at the template page, Template:cite web... — ṞṈ™ 02:57, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Just to comment a bit on Non-English references. They are only acceptable on the English Wikipedia if there is no other English source of equal quality and relevance. You can translate the information but there are some guidelines that should be follwed. See WP:NONENG. Happy editng.--Amadscientist (talk) 00:25, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

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Thank you

Thank you for pointing out the shady editing in Alexander Mirtchev and other articles. We need more people like you :) --Michael Sch. (talk) 11:20, 28 February 2013 (UTC)