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Hello, Poetrybuff, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Caroline Bird. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Thanks

Hi Poetry Buff. Thanks for all the great edits of late to many poets' pages. It's a great contribution. Just to note that edit summaries are really helpful to other editors trying to track changes. In the body of articles the guidelines discourage embedded web links. It's preferable to add a link to a book in a reference, I think because it makes for easier reading for the eye. This guidance doesn't apply to works and reference sections etc. It's good to see your work here. I hope you'll stay around and help with the ongoing improvement of poetry articles. Feel free to drop me a line, with comments, questions or collaborative ideas. All best wishes and a happy new year. Span (talk) 21:35, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Peter Sansom

The article Peter Sansom has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't take offense. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners or ask at Wikipedia:Help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 16:38, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Carcanet

Hi Poetry Buff. Thank you for your continued contributions to many poetry articles. I advise you to be very sure you are familiar with copyright and attribution guidelines before adding text from biographies and websites. I would a appreciate it if you would contact me to discuss recent edits. Best wishes Span (talk) 19:10, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

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Elaine Feinstein

Thank you for your message. When changing text in Wikipedia articles we are requested to add references. The changes you made to Elaine's articles did not give refs, that is why I reverted your edits. Also the town detail and comments on her domestic situation were both given in Jeni Couzyn's Contemporary Women Poets. Bloodaxe. (1985). That is not to say that they are necessarily accurate, but that there was a basis for using the information. I checked and added new sources. Further information about neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies is available through the given links in blue. I hope that helps. Best wishes Span (talk) 15:49, 5 January 2012 (UTC).

I removed the line about domestic unhappiness. 16:24, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks. We would like to alter the image to an image which the author has requested. She has permission to use the image. How do we replace the existing one?

It's best to upload it to the commons, though with the understanding that if she puts it on her Wikipedia page or on the commons it would enable anyone to use it with no further permission needed. The upload page is here. It's looks a bit of a fiddle at first but it is made easier if the photo is your own work. You can then replace the file name in the article such as File:Feinstein, Elaine.IMG_4712.JPG . If you have any problems you can mail me the photo and I will upload it with the author's name. My email is enabled on my user page (bottom left hand corner). Give it shot. Best wishes Span (talk) 20:10, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a try.

Might there be a reason why I can't access the wikimedia commons with my existing username/password? Many thanks.

I thought there was a unified login for all Wiki Foundation projects. Perhaps try creating a Wikicommons account with your same Wikipedia username and password. Span (talk) 17:42, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

The photo looks good. Best wishes Span (talk) 13:40, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help. We finally sorted out the Wiki Commons License agreement. Best wishes,

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You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you use Wikipedia for promotion or advertising, as you did at Carcanet Press. Drmies (talk) 17:54, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Poetrybuff! Your additions to Carcanet Press have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Hut 8.5 18:54, 15 November 2021 (UTC)