Dideru

March 2010

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March 7, 2010

In 1998, I created a website about the Flemish Ardennen and South-East-Flanders in Geocities. This website disappeared however in 2009. As author of the contenct, I would like to donate the content to Wikipedia by adding it to existing webpages in Wikipedia, or by creating new webpages in Wikipedia. Is this OK ? How shall I proceed ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dideru (talk • contribs)

(This is the OP from a different IP) Ah, that does happen. You may want to start at WP:IOWN. Notice, however, that both options listed there require you to have some access to the original site -- either to place a GFDL notice on the original page or to send an e-mail from an associated e-mail address. Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials is another good page to read, and you may consider posting a comment on its talk page to get an administrator's input. A couple of quick notes: standard formatting here has new messages posted below the earlier messages (i.e. new posts should show up at the bottom of the page), and you can sign your posts by typing four tildes, like ~~~~. I've moved this post below the earlier one for you, but you should be aware of this if you post a question on the talk page I linked to above. 152.16.59.102 (talk) 06:24, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your advise. Though I have been editing content at the web since 1998, I am really a beginner at Wikipedia. I'll follow your advise and I'll start at WP:IOWN. Also thanks to you, I discovered Reocities. I was not aware of its existence. Great to see that my website is still alive at Reocities, though I can't edit it, and apparently, nobody seems to find my website at Reocities. Would you mind if I change the external link on the Wikipedia webpage about Flemish Ardennes from Geocities to Reocities ? Otherwhise, interested readers just end up with a Yahoo! page about the ending of Geocities. Once again, thanks for your cooperation and for your patience with a Wikipedia-beginner like me. --Dideru (talk) 06:51, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Actually, that's a good idea. I hadn't noticed the dead Geocities link. Yes, fixing that would help. Thank you for your understanding and patience. 152.16.59.102 (talk) 06:53, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

I'll do the change from Geocities to Reocities right away. --Dideru (talk) 06:55, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

With that change, I clicked the new link and immediately noticed the url for the first link. It is http://www.reocities.com/dideru/map.html -- It contains your username. That lends support to your statements above. You'll need to contact an administrator who deals with copyrights on a regular basis, but that point is worth mentioning. 152.16.59.102 (talk) 07:04, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

The homepage of the website (http://www.reocities.com/Athens/Cyprus/1521/homepage.html) also contains my yahoo e-mail address, that I am still using.--Dideru (talk) 07:10, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Excellent! That means you can follow the e-mail procedure at WP:IOWN. That's the best course of action to take. That will allow the foundation to verify that you are indeed the copyright holder and that you have the authority to contribute that text. Before you do, though, please make sure that you are familiar with the GFDL and Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. You will be permanently granting certain rights. Well, this turned out pretty well. Again, thank you for your patience and understanding. Best wishes, and happy editing! 152.16.59.102 (talk) 07:24, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Last week, I've followed your suggestion and I went for the e-mail procedure at WP:IOWN. I decided to send an e-mail to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org through dideru@yahoo.com, which I did about one week ago. Since then, one week passed, but no reply. Is this normal ? Am I not patient enough ? Also, in the meantime, I discovered that the Reocities website is not on-line anymore, but my old website can still be seen at Internet Archive. Unfortunately, the pictures which I posted on my website are not shown at Internet Archive, leaving quite some broken windows on my website. Though I find the situation not ideal, I have added the link to Internet Archive to the Wikipedia webpage about Flemish Ardennes for the time being.Dideru (talk) 13:15, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure what the normal response time is. If they haven't gotten back to you by now, you might want to send another e-mail. In addition to the information you sent the first time, near the top of the e-mail you may want to point them to this page so they'll know exactly which user is e-mailing them and have quick links to the article and your edit history. 152.16.16.75 (talk) 10:33, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and...

Welcome!

Hello, Dideru, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:

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Lead section

There is no need to use the word 'preview' before the lead section. Kayau Voting IS evil 07:40, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for advising me on this. I'll delete the word 'preview' from the wikipages I've created.Dideru (talk) 07:58, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

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