User talk:Luk/Archives/2013/01

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Calling All Dawns cover

Hi Luk, as you uploaded the original version of the Calling All Dawns cover I was wondering if you would mind checking my uploads. I attempted to upload a sharper image of the album cover (same resolution), but it initially appeared the exact same as the already uploaded version. I reverted it (no sense leaving a larger but visually identical image as the default), but after I reverted the archived copy appeared sharp, like it should have appeared. I reverted back to the sharp version, and it currently appears like the original. Is this a Wikimedia bug, or am I doing something wrong? If I am taking this question to the wrong person, please let me know. Regards, HMman (talk) 23:19, 1 January 2013 (UTC).

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Apteva indef block

See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#apteva-block. Apteva/Delphi234 is up for possible blocking for violating a topic ban, but as you warned this sockpuppeteer over four years ago, at User talk:Delphi234#Usage of multiple accounts to stop using two accounts to deceptively edit solar and related energy/power articles to make it seem like multiple, independent editors, but the editor has continued to do exactly that up to the present, this is probably grounds for an indef block of User:Apteva and at least a somewhat-long-term block of the User:Delph234 sockmaster account, on grounds that considerably pre-date Apteva's current disruptive editing troubles at WP:AN. — SMcCandlish  Talk⇒ ɖ^⊝כ^⊙þ Contrib. 10:08, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:Mémoires de Renée Bordereau.jpg)

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Battlefield 4

Battlefield 4 was confirmed a October 29th release by Microsoft. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.69.1.243 (talk) 09:40, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Replied on this user's talk page - 09:49, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Sorry never noticed I removed all the content, I'm glad you got it sorted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.69.1.243 (talk) 09:46, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Glad to help! -- Luk ^contrib 09:49, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

XKCD

You protected a vandalized version :D Plz fix this...87.168.116.218 (talk) 10:29, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

It should be ok now ;) -- Luk ^contrib 10:29, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Next target is Capitalism 87.168.116.218 (talk) 10:30, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Have a fun April 1st! This will go on all day :D 87.64.177.65 (talk) 11:00, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Profit (economics) can probably be unprotected now! Unlikely to receive such attention now the comic is over! Nikthestunned 10:41, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Damn, I intended to only protect it for 31 hours. I something must have gone wrong somewhere :/. Thanks for spotting it! -- Luk ^contrib 17:05, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for the help! 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:00, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

No problem! :) -- Luk ^contrib 18:09, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Dragoş Bucur correction.

I had your massage. But I must say that in that page it's wrongly written Bucharest, Romania. It has to be Hungary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.186.14.37 (talk) 18:02, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

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Military of Iran

The source numbers in 545,000 the entire Military of Iran, not only their ground forces. The introduction of the article says they have 350,000 active personnel. The main article already points that their total military forces has 545,000 troops (just as the source says). So, something is wrong here! 187.126.251.195 (talk) 18:12, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

About eben wilson

Well luk,I have noticed that for a long time,his middle name was "fug",and one day it was changed to "Tug". I thought it was some vandalists,ever since when I try to correct it - it seems to come back to "Tug",as I see you are a vetern in anti-vandalisem in wiki,I asume it is made with no intention of harm. I just want to let you know that,originally it was "fug" and not "tug". Thank you for reading — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.181.178.241 (talk) 18:33, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

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File:Eleonora Duse 2.jpg missing description details

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Better source request for File:Eleonora Duse 2.jpg

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Since this was probably a file renaming, and I don't have more information on the origins of that photo, I have orphaned the file. -- Luk ^contrib 11:44, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

The term "selca"

The term "selca" is popular among Asians---especially Korean pop idol celebrities who take photos of themselves. 99.95.164.53 (talk) 16:46, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Even people on Yahoo answers & other sites say so. 99.95.164.53 (talk) 16:47, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

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File:Shreveskyline.JPG

Greetings, I just noticed you deleted the image File:Shreveskyline.JPG stating its available on Commons. This image is used on a lot of things including a couple templates so I was just wondering when you would be able to link the old one to the pages that are now showing red links. Kumioko (talk) 23:55, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

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Orphaned non-free media (File:TintinCongo.jpg)

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Archicembalo?

Hi,

I noticed with surprise that the figure about tuning in the archicembalo article gives credits to a user named "Lunlunta99" apparently, after a change that you made. I created that file in Latex and have proof of it, and I was wondering if you could clarify this misunderstanding.

Thanks,Julovi (talk) 08:28, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

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Reason for removing line

Hi, I removed that line because its not true. and wass added by someone to make fun. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.141.5.5 (talk) 14:04, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Then you were right, but afterwards, you removed the rest of the article. Maybe by mistake? Anyway, sorry for the confusion. -- Luk ^contrib 22:13, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Better source request for File:Eleonora Duse 2.jpg

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File:Eleonora Duse 2.jpg missing description details

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Accusations of spamming and multiple (sock) accounts by user:Shadowjams

Luk, I hate to bother you again, but it's been a few years since the last time, so here goes.

I opened my wikipedia account and saw this new message from Shadowjams:

"What are you doing at Talk:Governorship of Ronald Reagan? You've spammed the same thing in at least 4 sections to the talk page. Quit it. Shadowjams (talk) 08:29, 15 December 2013 (UTC) Also, are you editing under multiple accounts? You should see our WP:SOCK policy on that. Shadowjams (talk) 08:31, 15 December 2013 (UTC)"

Talk:Governorship_of_Ronald_Reagan will show I used only one account, the only one I have in wikipedia, to edit the talk page and the text of that article. That's the most easily disposed-of charge.

The rest of Shadowjams' accusations... I never purposefully spammed the talk page. Is there some esoteric usage of the verb "to spam" of which I was guilty? Please tell me if there is, and I'll cheerfully correct my errors with a public apology to the original editor(s) and Shadowjams.

But I don't believe I spammed, and further, Shadowjams failed to point out to me what in my edits WAS spam in his opinion.

I was just trying to weed out a rat's nest of poor sourcing that infested that article. The changes I made to the article text were solely intended to remove material that couldn't be traced to a verifiable source. And I documented each and every change in the talk page, as you indicated earlier was good wikipedia practice.

I'm trying to assume good faith with respect to Shadowjams' comments about me, but it's difficult - he went straight over assuming good faith to accuse me of two serious offenses with no proof at all of his accusations. I pointed this out to him on HIS talk page.

Please, if I messed up, tell me what I did. If I didn't, please tell Shadowjams. Thanks in advance. loupgarous (talk) 14:29, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm mostly inactive these days, so I don't think I can help you, sorry :( -- Luk ^contrib 15:32, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Teofilo braga (prime minister of Portugal).jpg

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new link to dedicated database for Sialyl Lewis x

hi, we are developing a public database dedicated to sugar-binding proteins (lectins) of pathogens. There is an entry for sialyl-Lewis x as well as Sialyl-Lewis a so we suggest to link to these entries for further information: http://sugarbind.expasy.org/ligands/129 http://sugarbind.expasy.org/ligands/162

you can check us, we are part of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExPASy this is real and internationally recognised. It would be really nice to complement the knowledge of Lewis antigen with the information we store in the SugarBind database.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.194.8.73 (talk) 13:52, 11 December 2014 (UTC) 

90.41.53.31 (talk) 08:59, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Global account

Hi Luk! As a Steward I'm involved in the upcoming unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to ping me with {{ping|DerHexer}}. Cheers, —DerHexer (Talk) 00:39, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of GI Partners

The article GI Partners has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

doesn't appear to be notable. Only one off-hand mention in a newspaper article mentioning it bought a winery

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

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SORRY

SORRY FOR THAT MISTAKE THIS HAPPENED DUE TO MY F'CKIN KEYBOARD SORRRY. I WAS GOING TO ADD THAT THIS MOVIE WAS GONNA TO RELEASE IN INDIA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.0.50.10 (talk) 16:22, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

edit

Hi. I apologise for my edit on Angel of Retribution.

I intended to change "13th studio album" to "15th studio album" because it was inaccurate. (I know because I am a fan of Judas Priest).

The reason why I deleted the rest of it was because I found ithard to edit using touch screen, while everything else was in the way.

I've explained most of this in the "how I edited it" box. I'm sorry if I caused any disruption. And I will now always explain my edits.

-IronSabbathPriest — Preceding unsigned comment added by IronSabbathPriest (talk • contribs) 00:32, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

@IronSabbathPriest: No problem! I guessed it was a mishap! :) Cheers, -- Luk ^contrib 03:09, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

In Regards to Miss India Australia page

Hi Luk,

Can you check who was the original creator is the page. I had created that page originally and the content changed overnight which is absolutely wrong. How can we follow up as the whole content has been changed and absolutely different information has been uploaded.

@Reenakoak: Everyone can check a page's history and list of contributors! You can check it by clicking on the History tab at the top of the page. Always remember that Wikipedia is a collaborative project and that eveyone is encouraged to improve all articles! Regards, -- Luk ^contrib 10:39, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

barnstar

		The Guidance Barnstar
		this barnstar is awarded for your help on village pump technical - thank you! Namecheapblues (talk) 18:56, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

Adrien Pommier

Good Evening Luk,

My father was writing some information up about my grandfather Adrien Pommier, I'm taking over the Wiki Editing per the comments left on his page. I found the Bio Template and that is why I've changed the page.

Should I edit the template outside of Wiki or can I make changes to it directly on Wikipedia as I progress in filling out the template with information about him.

Thanks, Alex Pommier Quicksocial (talk) 00:45, 5 April 2015 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Quicksocial (talk • contribs) 00:40, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

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Dr Ken Michael AC HonFAIB; Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO HonFAIB; Lieutenant General, Professor Peter Leahy AC HonFAIB; and Sir John Holland AC HonFAIB

My (formal) name is Professor Robert Whittaker AM FAIB - I am the Immediate Past National President of the Australian Institute of Building - I can be contacted by mt email address Robert.Whittaker.AM@gmail.com, and my bona fides can be confirmed at http://www.aib.org.au/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=AIB/ccms.r?pageid=20140 and at https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/qb/qb2014/Media%20Notes%20-%20AM%20(M-Z).pdf

The Australian Institute of Building is one of only 8 national organisations in Australia incorporated by Royal Charter (as opposed to 186 or so organisations who have the 'Royal'prefix) - the others include the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Institution of Engineers Australia, the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, etc (though NOT the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, it is just one of the 186 with the 'Royal' prefix NOR Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering).

All four of the above (Dr Ken Michael AC [in 2012]; Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO [in 2012]; Lieutenant General, Professor Peter Leahy AC [in 2014]; and Sir John Holland AC [in 2007]) have been admitted as Honorary Fellows of the Institute - which is a rare honour - indeed, the Governor General of Australia on September 16th 2014 formally inducted Lieutenant General, Professor Peter Leahy AC as an Honorary Fellow on September 16th at Government House presenting Peter Leahy with his certificate which His Excellency Sir Peter Cosgrove personally signed himself. That doesn't happen with even the other 7 organisations with a Royal Charter. Further Australia's State Governors co-sign the 'Fellow'Certificates (which technically puts FAIB on a par with a QC and senior to an SC).

Now for some reason, all reference to Dr Ken Michael AC HonFAIB; Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO HonFAIB; Lieutenant General Peter Leahy AC HonFAIB, and Sir John Holland AC HonFAIB being Honorary Fellows of the AIB have been deleted.

Thankfully you haven't done that for Janet Holmes a'Court AC HonFAIB. James Service AO HonFAIB, Sir Laurence Street AC KCMG QC HonFAIB (though you didn't include his HonFAIB post nominal). Sir Eric Neal AC CVO HonFAIB or Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford, OM, AC, FRS, FAA, FTSE, FRSN, HonFAIB, HonFREng.

COULD YOU PLEASE RESTORE THE 'HonFAIB' POST NOMINALS TO THE WIKIPEDIA PAGES FOR Dr Ken Michael AC HonFAIB; Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO HonFAIB; Lieutenant General Peter Leahy AC HonFAIB, Sir John Holland AC HonFAIB and Sir Laurence Street AC KCMG QC HonFAIB ASAP.

COULD YOU PLEASE RESTORE THE DESCRIPTIVE ENTRIES EXPLAINING THAT EACH WERE ACCORDED THE HONOR OF BECOMING AN HONORARY FELLOW OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE O BUILDING (INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER) TO THE WIKIPEDIA PAGES FOR Dr Ken Michael AC HonFAIB; Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO HonFAIB; Lieutenant General Peter Leahy AC HonFAIB, Sir John Holland AC HonFAIB and Sir Laurence Street AC KCMG QC HonFAIB ASAP.

We can help with the entries if needed - but have a look at was deleted on Peter Leahy's webpage his contribution, like all the Honorary Fellows was quite significant.

Kind regards

110.147.142.16 (talk) 01:20, 5 April 2015 (UTC) Robert Whittaker AM FAIB

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List of Tour de France general classification winners

My edit to List of Tour de France general classification winners was neutral and correct. Please do not revert. Thank you. 2001:630:206:FFFF:0:0:3128:B (talk) 20:21, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

No it's not. -- Luk ^contrib 20:59, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Meteorites

Hi Luk. Yes, it was me. Apparently this subject has been assigned to experienced editors. I'm new as of today. I made a few edits that caused no problem. I simply wanted to add a photo of an actual specimen that hit a roof, just like the photo on the right side of the page. Forgive me. Uh, do you want me to add this historic photo that I recently took? GEOGOZZGEOGOZZ (talk) 21:33, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

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Hi again, Luk. Thanks for fixing it. I will add it and see how it looks. If you view the edit and you think it is too much, well, I'll remove it then. Just let me know. GEOGOZZGEOGOZZ (talk) 21:53, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Wayne Bridge

I am not sure why you reverted my changes to the Wayne Bridge page, but I think you will find that my change was correct, as I was simply reverting vandalism by someone else.

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Klbogart55 socks

Hello. I saw that you blocked one of Klbogart55's socks recently. They keep making new socks and keep editing the same pages. I've found a new one that popped up on one of the articles they keep editing over and over... KileBogart500. Corky | Chat? 15:13, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Retrieve deleted page

Hi Luk

My page got deleted, would you mind sending the content to me? Much appreciated!

Page name: Sun Hung Kai Financial

Regards Sunnyhills — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnyhills (talk • contribs) 11:02, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Deletion of Manuel Abud Page

Hi Luk,

Oh, thanks for the prompt response!

Yes, I forgot to indicate a reason for removal of the Wiki article for Manuel Abud.

Please let me know if I should follow up in any way; it was taken down due to checking one thing out about Manuel Abud's work history--I just want to get it right before I resume.

Thanks again! Best regards, S — Preceding unsigned comment added by Salmer914 (talk • contribs) 00:08, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

@Salmer914: no worries, I can restore the article in your personal space if you wish to work on it before moving to the encyclopedia. -- Luk ^contrib 00:18, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Uw-vandalism4im

Template:Uw-vandalism4im has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Krett12 (talk) 04:50, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protection

Hello, Luk. This message is intended to notify administrators of important changes to the protection policy.

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In July and August 2016, a request for comment established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions:

• Extended confirmed protection may only be used in cases where semi-protection has proven ineffective. It should not be used as a first resort.
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Please review the protection policy carefully before using this new level of protection on pages. Thank you.
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yo

hey fam — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.10.58.6 (talk) 13:23, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Missing talk page at File:Senate_in_session.jpg

Hi Luk, I was interested in the copyright status of this image. The copyright notice says that more detail can be found at the talk page, but you deleted this page in 2009. (This may have been related to the bot move of the image to wikikmedia, where the image also appears, but without a talk page.) Would it be possible to ask you to undelete it please? Many thanks, Hallucegenia (talk) 04:33, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Hallucegenia (talk · contribs), this is indeed a strange one: there's was conflicting claims between being in the public domain (if it's a CSPAN screengrab), fair use (if it's an AP shot). There was a deletion discussion in 2007, which resulted in a Keep decision. I hope this helps! -- Luk ^contrib 08:21, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Mystery solved! Thanks for your help. Hallucegenia (talk) 11:21, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Block of 2.254.78.9

My experience in the past is that if responsible adults at a school are made aware of the problem then long term block are not needed. This is the first block for this school please reduce the block on 62.254.78.9 it to a couple of weeks. It can be escalated to longer term blocks if the problem reoccurs. -- PBS (talk) 16:26, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Well actually, they just came out of a 6 months block (10 November + 6 months = 10 May), followed a 3 hours block when I blocked and there were no good contributions before that. I'd say that responsible adults might see the block, take action and request unblock if they see fit. However, I don't mind you reducing the block if you disagree :) -- Luk ^contrib 17:21, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Ethan Van Sciver

I'm sure it was inadvertent, but the passage you were restoring was a potentially libelous personal attack, which the page had also suffered late last week. A different editor in addition to the anon IP has now deleted it as well. --Tenebrae (talk) 21:28, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

@Tenebrae: Indeed, I screwed up there! I saw the broken citation template and did not read properly. Thanks for spotting that. -- Luk ^contrib 21:31, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

A bit more about blocking function

As you are an administrator, it is more convenient to ask you than posting another question at the noticeboard. Besides 5 blocking options described here [1] , could you be able to block a certain user from viewing Wikipedia articles ? Bookworm8899 (talk) 19:53, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Asking assistance for Wiki editing

Could you assist me with some information?

1. Dispute Resolution Noticeboard: Since the parties are not obligated to comply with the advise of DRN moderator, what's the solution when someone is sure that the other parties are not going to agree with him anyway and a ruling from a judge is essential. I am sure DRN is not an option in this case. Could "Mediation" be an option? Is any user, even an administrator obligated to comply with the advise of Mediation Committee? If not, then is "Arbitration" an option? Is any user, even an administrator obligated to comply with the advise of Arbitration Committee?

2. What’s the difference between Dispute Resolution Noticeboard and a specialized noticeboard such as “Fringe theory noticeboard”? I know specialized noticeboards are subject specific. But my question is that whether the moderators in “Fringe theory noticeboard” are only administrators or general users as well? If there are general users as well, how can I become a fringe theory noticeboard volunteer? Do I need to list my username anywhere and/or add any template in my user page?

3. When I am in a dispute with a couple of admins in a Wikipedia page, what’s the process of reporting those abusive admins. Let’s say, the admins are reverting any edit that is against their personal views and beliefs. And those admins need to be removed from the page. The Wikipedia manual says as admins can be removed through a dispute resolution process. But it doesn’t explain how. Because DRN moderator or Mediation committee may not be able to remove an administrator. So, if an user is in dispute with administrators, should he directly file a case to Arbitration Committee?

4. How can I add a new section and subsection to a Wiki article and remove an existing section from a Wiki article in visual editor?

5. I found that some contributions are deleted from “History” page of an article. So how to delete a contribution and who can do it?

6. Wiki policy states as I should not copy contents from other websites and should rather write my own contents. But what if the contents are open source contents? Can I directly copy those in Wikipedia? Are online news posts open source, including the images in the news? Can I use these texts and images in Wikipedia without editing? Can I copy and paste statements of medical national and international organizations in Wikipedia without editing?

7. Where to find images for a Wikiedia article if the image is not already available in Wikimedia? Are the images collected from news posts open source? And many sites don't have their images copyrighted. Do those images qualify as open source? When I upload an image, Wikipedia asks for copyright information. I have no idea what information to provide? What info should I provide if the image is in open source? And if the image is owned by me? Wikipedia asks me to contact the copyright holder and ask them for copyright information for the image. But some websites don't have "Contact us" section, some other sites are unresponsive when they are contacted, and even when I contact a website owner, he may not be able to provide me copyright information as the images are not copyrighted. So what information to provide Wikipedia in such a case? How do Wikipedia verify if the images are already copyrighted or not. If I claim to be granted permission for reuse from the copyright holder, how does Wikipedia verify the copyright holder has actually granted me permission for reuse of the copyrighted content?

8. How to add videos to a Wikipedia article? Do I need to provide copyright information for a video available in Youtube? Are there other policies on videos such as policies for graphic videos?

9. When I create a new article, how do I save my private draft for the article. If I click on "Save", the draft will become public and will be accessible for anyone. But I like it to be private. Is it possible. Furthermore, when I edit on an existing article, is there a way I can save my edits as a draft before publishing? It is an essential function. Because some posts may be very long and will take a long time to write. So, my unsaved works can be lost if browser tab is closed or if the texts are accidentally selected and deleted. So saving draft is essential.

10. Where can I save the usernames of my co-writers in my Wikipedia account like a phone book? I can't memorize the usernames of every persons. Thus, I need to have a phone book when the usernames will be saved in the respective categories.

11. How can I be connected with the community to improve each Wikipedia article? I know each important article is being monitored by some administrators. But how do I know which administrators is monitoring a page so that I can discuss with them about improving the article? How to get connected with the community for editing articles? I heard that communication is important here. But how? Everyone is stranger here. Whom to contact among these random people?

12. What’s the use of pending changes reviewing by administrators and “pending change reviewers”? As much as I know anyone can revert another user’s edit. In that case, what will change if an edit is approved by an administrator or a “Pending changes reviewer”? Will other users be unable to revert the edit back then? If not, then what’s the use of pending changes reviewing? Furthermore, how do the users know an edit has been approved by a administrator or a pending changes reviewers? Will the approval appear anywhere such as in the “History” page?

13. What’s the requirement and process for becoming a pending changes reviewer? Can anyone become a pending changes reviewer?

Abir Babu (talk) 12:27, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

FYI - I've already answered all of his questions on my user talk page. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:51, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

thanks a lot @Oshwah:! @Abir Babu: I hope we answered all the questions you had, don’t hesitate if you need more precisions! -- Luk ^contrib 12:44, 20 October 2017 (UTC)