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I'm interested in other cultures, countries, languages, and a wide variety of music. This includes the storied lives of many musicians. I've chosen to edit their biographies. I believe music is more than entertainment, and those musicians who leave a strong impact on culture, politics, and society as a whole and the way we view the world are those who most often are the ones I choose. In 2010 I began contributing to other-language Wikipedias.


I find, email, and ask each photographer (every time) to remove the copyright from each photo I request, and explain how they can adapt a Creative Commons license instead. If they agree and allow us a license (CC-BY-SA), they maintain the right to have their names and a photostream to be attached to each photo, no matter where it is used. I promise nothing, but for articles that are just in the Start stage, I ask the editors of the article to keep the photographer's name in the photo caption until it is being assessed as a GA or FA-ranked one. It does no harm to the article in progress, and for new photographers to Wikipedia, it allows them to have more exposure for friends, family, and prospective customers. Some people have given up book deals and more, in exchange for little more than hidden recognition of their own work here. I want them to see our appreciation for their support of the Wikipedia. For these reasons, I am what is called a Wikifairy or Wikignome; alongside editing, I create infoboxes, find photographs, copyediting, and a lot of work left by others who came before me. I'm mostly a janitor Wikignome.

My Sandbox* Sandbox 2

Articles I Do Not Start

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I try not to start articles. I have done so, but seriously, if you haven't noticed, the number of unreferenced articles is astronomical. Because of this, I urge you, please help and join the Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced articles group here on Wikipedia! See the little Babel boxes up top! --Leahtwosaints (talk) 00:58, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Photos of musicians

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Photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by Leahtwosaints

I used to maintain a list of photos of musicians that I uploaded via Creative Commons to Wikimedia Commons on my user page, but after uploading about 625 (very few are multiple pictures of the same person) I decided to place them on their own special page
Currently, the list stands at more than 1,200.


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For the names of the photographers who took the photos, and how to contact them, click the photo: their generosity should not go unrewarded!


Wikimedia Commons

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Has Wikimedia Commons driven you to despair like this? You are not alone!!!

Frustration over Wikimedia Commons

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Anyone wishing to learn the guidelines to upload photos for use in the Wikipedia may contact me on my talk page. I would still be lost if another editor didn't teach me- I'd be happy to help!

Portals

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I'm happy to say quite a lot of my uploads appear on lots of the musician's portals! Most of the credit is due to User:Moxy, so the support and applause it all his, or the others who create them! Just a few that include my photo uploads:


Great musicians and genres

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I favor Blues rock, Alternative rock, and R&B. I love slide guitar in particular.

SOME FAVORITES

Helpful

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  • WP:BUNCH    Wikipedia:How to fix bunched-up edit links
  • WP:CITE        Wikipedia:Citing sources
  • WP:CITET      Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Generic citations
  • WP:ERP        Wikipedia:Example requests for permission
  • WP:HCT-E      Wikipedia:Harvard citation template examples
  • WP:IW           Wikipedia:Interwikimedia link
  • WP:MOS        Wikipedia:Manual of Style
  • WP:N             Wikipedia:Notability
  • WP:NCI          Wikipedia:Naming conventions (identity)
  • WP:STUBS    Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types
  • WP:UTM        Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace
  • MLA Citation Style [1]

Useful For WikiFaerie Work

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  • UNSOURCED BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE TAG {{BLP unsourced|date=January 2011}}
  • NEED CITE {{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
  • EXPAND TEXT BANNERS {{Expansion|date=January 2011}}
  • TAG for the WIKIPROJECT GUITAR GROUP {{WikiProjectGuitarists|class=stub|attention= |listas=}}
  • RECORD LABELS {{Record Labels|class=Start |attention=}}
  • ''' Category:Musicians work group articles needing infoboxes '''

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People I've learned from and gained help: THANKS!

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