Jahmal.council

welcome Jahmal! Waterbug42 (talk) 13:57, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Hello Jahmal, I am an online ambassador who you can ask about anything by using my talk page, or email if you do not want others to see what you want to say. I will also be keeping an eye on what what editing you do on Wikipedia in this course, and will lend a hand or have a chat. I hope you enjoy contributing to Wikipedia and can make a difference to our content! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 19:46, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Use of headings on talk pages

Hi Jahmal, you are the first student of all the ones I have welcomed to talk back to me this semester. So that does sound promising. And I note that you are already using the ~~~~ signature markup. If you are ready for some new Wikimarkup: You can add a heading using double equals signs: ==Heading== The heading should go on a line all by itself. Major sections in articles will have headings, and so should new topics on a talk page, for example this one! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 09:02, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Hey Jahmal! I am one of your classmates in Interdisciplinary. I will introduce myself to you in class. Have a good day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by I41hope (talk • contribs) 13:58, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Genetically modified food

Hello, for the text you added to Genetically modified food#History, we need you to tell us where the information came from so that it can be verified, or people can get into further reading. So where did you get that history summary from? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 04:20, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! Jahmal.council, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Sarah (talk) 20:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

GMO article

Hi there Jahmal Council, you can get your text back by using this link and doing save: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Genetically_modified_food&action=edit&undoafter=484587273&undo=484592221 However please be ready to improve the paragraph with references. Because this is a controversial topic other editors are very fussy about what goes in. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:28, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Jahmal, Aircorn made some excellent suggestions on the talk page of the GMO crops article. I think you could get plenty of ideas to complete your project by carefully following those suggestions. Also, please heed the warning from Graeme above about referencing as you go! Waterbug42 (talk) 15:39, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Sourcing

Hi there, would you please add sources for your edit here? If you're not familiar with sourcing guidelines, you can read about them at WP:RS. Thanks! SÆdon^talk 04:10, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use File:Genetically modified corn in Hawaii.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Genetically modified corn in Hawaii.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

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Replaceable fair use File:Genetically modified soybean crop.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Genetically modified soybean crop.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Genetically modified soybean.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Genetically modified soybean.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the image is an unused redundant copy (all pixels the same or scaled down) of an image in the same file format, which is on Wikipedia (not on Commons), and all inward links have been updated.

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Replaceable fair use File:Commercial growth of GM crops in 2011.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Commercial growth of GM crops in 2011.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

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