MorganJewelS
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:09, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
Good work on Mabel Byrd
editYou've mad good solid contributions to improve the Mabel Byrd article! I've found more newspaper article sources which I will list on the article's talk page shortly.
One issue we will need to sort out involves the images you posted on WikiMedia Commons. Unfortunately, they will probably be deleted within the next week because WikiMedia requires all images must carry a CC-by-SA copyright license or be in the public domain (if it was published before 1923 in the US--I think the current images were published circa 1926). The other exception to the CC-by-SA requirement that can be used to post an image on a non-living biography is if a single image is uploaded NOT on Wikimedia Commons, but here on Wikipedia with a "fair use rationale", and on condition it will be relatively low resolution and only used in one article. (Click on the image in the Polly Povey Thompson article, then select "edit source" to see code you can copy/modify for the rationale.) There's an image of her here that possibly was published before 1923, but I haven't been able to find a publication date. So using the Wikipedia upload process and writing a fair use rationale will probably be the best way to go.
Let me know if you want to tackle this somewhat complicated image uploading process, or if you want my help. Part of the fun in writing/editing for Wikipedia is collaborating with other editors... Welcome to editing! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 06:23, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
- My error-- the images were posted by another editor, but the process of uploading an image is something you may want to try. Sorry for my confusion! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 19:18, 18 November 2019 (UTC)