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Hello, Sgflowers1, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:05, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks and suggestions

Thanks for your addition here. I hope you will continue contributing to the project (WP:HOW). It will help if you add an explanation/comment with every new edit (H:ES), and whenever possible, include a reliable source to back up your claims (WP:RS). Thanks again, and let me know how I could help. Cheers. Caballero/Historiador ^⎌ 03:26, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Photographic Communication moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Photographic Communication, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. JC7V (talk) 02:28, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Advice

Hi, I also got some advice for your draft. Wikipedia is not an essay Wikipedia:NOTANESSAY. You should rewrite the draft I moved into draft space for you in a way that sounds like an entry in an encyclopedia. See WP:NPOV, WP:WTW, and WP:YFA for more. JC7V (talk) 02:33, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Photographic Communication

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A tag has been placed on Draft:Photographic Communication, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Natureium (talk) 03:56, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Deleted page

Hi, I saw that your page on photographic communication was deleted because it was seen as promotional. Looking at the content, it looks like you used a very casual tone with writing, which can sometimes be taken as promotional. You also used more of an essay style and used point of view terms. Point of view terms are ones that are subjective to the reader and are essentially personal opinions or viewpoints. For example, the word "luckily" is something that can be interpreted differently. Some people may see the various camera terms as a good thing, as it helps them know the difference between the various items whereas another may feel overwhelmed by the amount of terms and not see this as lucky.

The lead paragraph was also a little vague - your article was titled photographic communication, but this looked like it was more about teaching people the different parts of the camera and different terms used in photography. For someone coming in, the term "photographic communication" would give off the impression that the article would be about how photography is used as a medium of communication. (As seen with this definition.) It looks like some classes on photography communication start with defining the various parts of the camera and types of lenses, but keep in mind that this may be done in classes in order to teach people how to communicate using photography as opposed to being a definition of photographic communication. With this in mind, the lead should more than likely be something along these lines:

Photographic communication is the use of photography to communicate messages, ideas, or information. To communicate, photographers use different lenses and camera features to depict their subject or background in the desired format.

Granted that is fairly short, but kind of gets to the point. Now, however, if the subject of the article was meant to be about how to teach people the different types of photography information or help them learn the different types of jargon, then that's something else entirely. That makes the page more of a "how to" guide, which isn't really what Wikipedia is meant to do. Essentially, Wikipedia is meant to be informative and educational, but it's not supposed to teach people how to do things, if that makes any sense. The topic matter would also be somewhat redundant to the existing articles on photography.

My recommendation would be to retool your focus to instead write on the topic of photographic communication as a method of communicating ideas using photography, since this does look like it's a widely covered topic. Also, I would only work on your draft in your userspace - it should not be moved until it's finished or almost entirely finished, as otherwise it can run the risk of getting deleted as it did with your first draft. It can also get heavily edited by others. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it can make it more difficult than it needs to be since then you'd have to kind of re-align your mindset to incorporate this other information. (Plus someone may end up doing all of the work, which can put a crinkle in your plans as well.) --Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:57, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Photographic Communication

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A tag has been placed on Photographic Communication, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

• It seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. (See section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information.
• It appears to be a clear copyright infringement of https://icelandaurora.com/phototutorials/2009/08/photography-basics-photography-as-communication/. (See section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) 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. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

  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 verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. If you are not the owner of the external website but have permission from that owner, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. However, even if you use one of these processes to release copyrighted material to Wikipedia, it still needs to comply with the other policies and guidelines to be eligible for inclusion. If you would like any assistance with this, you can ask a question at the help desk.

• It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Sheldybett (talk) 23:55, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Photographic Communication

Hello Sgflowers1,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Photographic Communication for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons. For more details please see the notice on the article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

JC7V (talk) 19:05, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Photographic Communication moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Photographic Communication, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please follow the prompts on the Articles for Creation template atop the page. ... discospinster _talk 22:30, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Photographic Communication

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Photographic Communication requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from https://www.creativelive.com/blog/common-photography-terms/. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images taken from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

If the external website or image belongs to you, and you want to allow Wikipedia to use the text or image — which means allowing other people to use it for any reason — then you must verify that externally by one of the processes explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. The same holds if you are not the owner but have their permission. If you are not the owner and do not have permission, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for how you may obtain it. You might want to look at Wikipedia's copyright policy for more details, or ask a question here.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:43, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

December 2018

One of your recent additions has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:47, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Copyright and plagiarism

Hello, I received a notification that you had posted material that closely paraphrased or took material verbatim from content that had previously been published elsewhere to your article. This is seen as a copyright issue and plagiarism, even if you were to include the original source as a citation. Always be careful when writing article content - a good way to avoid doing this is to take notes while reading and write your article from those notes.

Unless the material is explicitly marked as falling into the public domain or was released under a compatible Creative Commons license, it should be assumed that the content is copyrighted in a way that would prohibit it from being used verbatim elsewhere. It's always best to write things in your own words, as this can help prevent issues like this from arising. I would like for you to review the module on plagiarism and copyright, thanks. --Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:43, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

• I just saw that you had posted this live as well as to the draftspace and kept reposting the content over and over again or at least kept reposting content taken from other sources. You absolutely cannot and I stress, cannot do this. If someone removes content, please contact me so that I can look over the material and give you advice. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:48, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
• I also want to stress that if you continue to repost copyrighted material to Wikipedia you will get blocked from editing, which will impede your ability to complete the assignment. I've also made your professor aware of this. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:09, 10 December 2018 (UTC)