Imparo
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editHello Imparo, and welcome to Wikipedia. I understand that you want to expand the biographies of the current members of the government caucus in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. That's great news. I'm going to spit a bunch of policies at you, but one of our most important editing guidelines is be bold - most of the time, your common sense will probably steer you right, and if it doesn't it's really easy to undo changes. That said, two of the most common mistakes I see from novice editors - especially novice editors writing about subjects they know a great deal about - are
- Not sourcing their edits. It's a core policy that all content in Wikipedia should be verifiable from reliable sources. This means that if you only know a fact because it came up in conversation with an MLA, it can't be included (however, if you can get the MLA to add it to their MLA biography...). It also means that you should use footnotes in the articles. The procedure for this is slightly different depending on the nature of your sources (website, news coverage, book, academic paper, Hansard, etc.), so I'll just help you with that aspect as it comes up.
- Using unlicensed photos. Unfortunately, the only photos Wikipedia can use of living people are those that are either in the public domain or licensed by the copyright holder under a free license that allows for unlimited re-use (including derivative works) by anybody for any purpose, with only the right of attribution retained by the copyright holder. If you think you might have access to such photos, or that you know people who hold copyrights to such photos who may be willing to so-release them, let me know and I'll help you with the uploading/tagging process as well.
Besides that, there are a couple of very important core policies that will apply to the articles you write (although they're also both pretty common sensical, so I wouldn't worry too much about going through them with a fine-toothed comb). They are the policy on neutral point of view, which states basically that articles shouldn't be biased in any particular direction (either in tone, choice of facts, or emphasis of facts) and the policy on the biographies of living persons, which states basically that the neutral point of view policy and the verifiability policy are extra important when we're writing about living people, since bad articles can have consequences for people in real life in those cases.
That's the important part. Rather than trying to explain everything about wikimarkup to you at the outset, it will probably be easier to help you with that as you go along. One of the projects I'm currently engaged in is expanding the biographies of the members of the 26th Alberta Legislative Assembly; proceeding alphabetically, I'm done Wayne Cao and have barely started Mike Cardinal. Any of the ones I've done should give you a general idea of what such articles should look like, although you should feel free to make changes if you think they're warranted. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them either here or on my talk page. Cheers, Sarcasticidealist (talk) 19:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Image copyright problem with Image:Greg Weadick in 2008.jpg
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Thank you for uploading Image:Greg Weadick in 2008.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.
The OTRS permission is helpful , but the image still needs a license tag :)
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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:46, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
- The OTRS ticket says that the image is fine to be released under the license claimed, but no license is claimed. What license is the image released under? Could you add the appropriate copyright tag? J Milburn (talk) 15:02, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Image tagging for Image:David Hancock in 2008.jpg
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Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 04:23, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Image tagging for Image:Tony Vandermeer in 2008.jpg
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Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 20:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
NowCommons: File:Cindy Ady in 2008.jpg
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File:Cindy Ady in 2008.jpg is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Commons:File:Cindy Ady in 2008.jpg. This is a repository of free media that can be used on all Wikimedia wikis. The image will be deleted from Wikipedia, but this doesn't mean it can't be used anymore. You can embed an image uploaded to Commons like you would an image uploaded to Wikipedia, in this case: [[File:Cindy Ady in 2008.jpg]]. Note that this is an automated message to inform you about the move. This bot did not copy the image itself. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 17:21, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
File copyright problem with File:Greg Weadick in 2008.jpg
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Thank you for uploading File:Greg Weadick in 2008.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.
If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their license and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 15:23, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Image sources
editHi Imparo. I have sent you an email asking about the sources for the images you have uploaded. Some of them, e.g. File:Rob Renner in 2008.jpg, File:Neil Brown in 2008.jpg, and File:Ray Prins in 2008.jpg, do not have a source or a license or anything other than an OTRS tag. It would be greatly appreciated if you could specify where the images came from and who the copyright holder is. --B (talk) 04:33, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
- Please see Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_files/2013_May_14#All_uploads_from_Imparo. We would greatly appreciate it if you could provide an appropriate source and documentation from the copyright holder(s) so that these images could be kept. --B (talk) 15:39, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!
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- Hi ! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!
edit - Hi ! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
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| Mission 1 | Mission 2 | Mission 3 | Mission 4 | Mission 5 | Mission 6 | Mission 7 |
| Say Hello to the World | An Invitation to Earth | Small Changes, Big Impact | The Neutral Point of View | The Veil of Verifiability | The Civility Code | Looking Good Together |
Heather Forsyth
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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions to the Heather Forsyth article, but for legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted.
You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words.
If the external website belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text—which means allowing other people to modify it—then you must include on the external site the statement: "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later, and under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribute Share-Alike".
You might want to look at Wikipedia's policies and guidelines for more details, or ask a question at the Help Desk. You can also leave a message on my talk page. --Yamla (talk) 18:41, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
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