Washingtondorian

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:40, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

License tagging for File:Odysseus and Polyphemus, Arnold Böcklin, 1986.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Odysseus and Polyphemus, Arnold Böcklin, 1986.jpg. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information.

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Reliable sources

Hello, Washingtondorian. I've had to revert your addition to Odysseus because the source you used doesn't count as a reliable source for wikipedia content. No author was credited, and it seems anyone at all can upload their work to that website. For wikipedia content, we can only use reliable sources written by peer-acknowledged specialist authors. Please also note that the site you linked to carries a disclaimer of responsibility for possible plagiarism in their articles -- see [1] the sites homepage for those. You're of course welcome to restore the content with support from a reliable source. Regards, Haploidavey (talk) 00:12, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Reliable sources vs original research

I just read your note. Please thoroughly read through Wikipedia's policies on original research and editorial opinion and interpretation. For now, I've simply tagged the passage with a request for citation. I'm sure you'll find something to support what you've written, if you look hard enough. I suggest you go to google scholar and search using Odysseus Aeneas. Haploidavey (talk) 00:27, 10 December 2016 (UTC)