User talk:Courtney.cleveland

Replaceable fair use File:FRQ WCC Circadian Oscillator System.png

Thanks for uploading File:FRQ WCC Circadian Oscillator System.png. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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Nice work!

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Posted automatically via sandbox guided tour. Courtney.cleveland (talk) 16:27, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Courtney.cleveland, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Ian 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. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:14, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Lasioglossum zephyrum

Hi Courtney. Nice work expanding the Lasioglossum zephyrum article. I had a couple comments though. I noticed that you created some section headers that you hadn't added content to yet. That's fine when you're working in a sandbox, but when you're editing an article that's already published, it's best to avoid creating empty sections. And, just to nitpick a little, the standard format for section headers is to only capitalize the first word of the header, unless the other words are proper nouns. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:26, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Ian. I moved it to the sandbox and fixed the capitalization. Also, I was unable to find a photo of this bee on wikimedia. Is there anywhere else I can go to get one?

Google images lets you search by "usage rights". If you search you should see a dropdown menu that says "Usage rights". If you select "reuse with modification" you end up with three images. One is of a horse, so you can ignore that, but the other two are of bees (which is a good sign).

These two images are hosted on Flickr, so you can click through to Flickr and take a look. You'll notice that there's a little note in the bottom right corner that says "some rights reserved". If you click through, you can see the specific licensing, and it looks compatible with Wikipedia. To upload it, check out Commons:Flickr_files, especially the tools and guidelines for uploading images. (You will have to go through the steps to authorize Magnus's upload tool, but it's worth it since it simplifies things so much.)

One more bit of advice - don't take the word of random people on the internet when it comes to species IDs. I would recommend that you check that the image looks right, maybe ask Dr Strassmann or your TA to verify the ID if you aren't sure. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:18, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work on the article. I think it might be a good candidate to submit for the "Did you know...?" feature. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:18, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Lasioglossum zephyrum

On 16 October 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lasioglossum zephyrum, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the bee Lasioglossum zephyrum has been observed forcing open unbloomed flowers of Tennessee yellow-eyed grass to extract the pollen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lasioglossum zephyrum. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 13:17, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]