TheWeegeeMinion

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Thanks Ahunt! It means a lot that somebody takes the time to welcome a new Wikipedian to Wiki World. Thanks! TheWeegeeMinion (talk) 17:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

No problem. I saw your post on User talk:Psypherium and when I checked it out and reviewed your work on List of Sonic the Hedgehog video game characters it was pretty clear that your edits were in good faith and that User:Psypherium was confusing you with someone else who had edited that page as he or she cited this edit, which wasn't yours. I assume it was just an error on his/her part. Otherwise I do hope you will forgive this "sticky start" and carry on helping us build the encyclopedia! - Ahunt (talk) 18:04, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding that. When I saw his message at my talk page, I became disappointed and thought,“What if Wikipedia is just not a place for me?” I understand that he or she thought bad of me at first, but I mean good. And maybe him reverting my edits is for the best. I will not edit unless my sources are TRULY reliable, or if the article is incorrect. By the way, do you know how to input a song sample on an article?TheWeegeeMinion (talk) 18:16, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Actually it looks like it was User:Sergecross73 who removed your text in that article with the edit summary "Restoring sourced info, removing info unsourced or overly detailed.." I would suggest having a read though WP:V, which is the standard for adding information to articles, basically it requires reliable references for substantive additions, meaning beyond rewording or fixing spelling and grammar errors. As for your other question, most songs can't be inserted in Wikipedia as they are copyrighted material. It is possible to add freely licensed music to Wiki Commons and then insert ito into articles, provided that is justified for the article content. You can see how that was done by the example in this article O Canada, which is someone's own playing of a public domain song, released under a pubic domain declaration. - Ahunt (talk) 18:36, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

I forgot about copyright. I just thought that articles on songs should have the sample. But if it′s copyright, how are we allowed to right articles on it? Wow, I am chatty. Sorry about that.TheWeegeeMinion (talk) 18:49, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

No problem - it is good to ask questions! Wikipedia is a pretty mature project these days so it is hard to start from scratch at this point in time and catch-up on everything that has already been done. It is fine to write about subjects that are copyrighted works, like books, magazines or songs as information cannot be copyrighted, only specific words, song lyrics and notes, etc. Information about a book cannot be copyrighted, but the actual, exact words in the book are copyrighted. This means that if you write about a song in your own words (hopefully paraphrased from a reliable source) then that is fine, you just can't copy out the actual song lyrics. I hope that makes sense? In the case I gave above a wiki-editor recorded his own version of a old song for which the copyright had long ago expired. His version of it would have been copyrighted then, but he released it as public domain, which is why it is there embedded in the article. There is more information at WP:COPYRIGHT. - Ahunt (talk) 21:17, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

“...cannot be copyrighted, only specific words, song lyrics and notes, etc.” Your words, and in that, you said lyrics, so does it mean I can at least post lyrics? By the way, I′m done with my computer for today, so I′ll probably see your response tomorrow. If not, I′ll probably see it in about a week. (I rarely use my computer)See ya!TheWeegeeMinion (talk) 21:47, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

Sorry if that wasn't clear - lyrics are copyrighted, just like the text from a book is (unless released under a permissive licence). Copyrighted material can be used in Wikipedia under the "fair use" provisions of US copyright law (Wikipedia's servers are in Florida, so US law applies). Fair use is a complex subject, particularly what is acceptable and isn't on Wikipedia. It is explained at WP:FAIRUSE.- Ahunt (talk) 00:03, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Okay, no lyrics. I′ll just see what I′ll come up with. Sandbox time!!!!TheWeegeeMinion (talk) 21:27, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Have fun! Let me know if you have any questions. You can just post them here as I will keep an eye on this page. - Ahunt (talk) 22:57, 15 August 2011 (UTC)