User talk:Croussos

Hello! First talk page post.

Preliminary bibliography

Hi, Croussos! Thanks for posting your bib. The quality of your sources is great. As you keep researching, I think newspaper articles published during the time of the controversy and subsequently will help you. You can use the Lexis-Nexis database through our library and there are probably other databases that could be helpful (ask a librarian; you can do that 24/7 via chat). Don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Happy writing! Amy E Hughes (talk) 14:43, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Amy! I am in the midst of figuring out if I'm sticking with the NEA 4. Haruki has ceded the topic to Julia and I, I know she has been looking to see if her primary source can be an inspiration for her wiki topic. So I'm just waiting to hear from her. Lexis-Nexis is a great suggestion. 2604:2000:8067:7D00:DCC5:39F9:E37B:DE5D (talk) 14:54, 12 February 2015 (UTC)croussos[reply]

Hi again! FYI, Julia and I spoke last night and she is going to pursue a topic related to her primary source presentation topic (vaudeville), so the NEA 4 is all yours!! .... I forgot to mention something about MLA style: MLA specifies that in your Works Cited list, you should abbreviate often-repeated words like "university" and "press." So if you have a citation of a source published by Oxford University Press, you should list the publisher as "Oxford UP" in your citation; similarly, for a book published by University of Michigan Press, "U of Michigan P." Please take a look at the MLA handbook or the OWL at Purdue web site (there's a link to the OWL on Blackboard in the Resources area) for finer details like these. It will help for your thesis and perhaps other papers you write before that. Amy E Hughes (talk) 15:05, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, one last thing: don't forget to add a "button" on your userpage that leads to your sandbox. There are instructions for how to do this on the Course Page and handout, in this week's tasks. Amy E Hughes (talk) 15:07, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And here's the LAST thing: you can find a lot of helpful potential sources in your classmate's sandbox! -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jsattler07/sandbox It could be a great help as you move forward. Amy E Hughes (talk) 15:32, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A note about image use.

Hi. Look, I'm not a lawyer, but follow two paths for me for a moment here (my copyright experience comes from developing FOSS, from whose licenses Commons' definitions and licenses were originally derived):

1)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Karen_Finley.jpg
"You can help." https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Welcome
...and our basic "licensing policy". https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing
that are explicitly "freely licensed" http://freedomdefined.org/Definition
"Permissible restrictions" http://freedomdefined.org/Permissible_restrictions
§ 3 Protection of freedoms

"No other restrictions or limitations: The work itself must not be covered by legal restrictions (patents, contracts, etc.) or limitations (such as privacy rights or being for non-commercial use only) which would impede the freedoms enumerated above."

Now, 2)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Karen_Finley.jpg
Source: http://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/21st-century-american-government-and-politics/s18-02-policymaking-power-and-account.html
For details on it (including licensing), click here. http://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/21st-century-american-government-and-politics/s18-02-policymaking-power-and-account.html# (JavaScript drop-down)
"This book is licensed under a Creative Commons by-nc-sa 3.0 license."

Do you see that little "nc" there? Please check out what it means and compare it to the restrictions (known as "protections") in #1 above (those restrictions restrict restrictions from being imposed, including the nc restriction, if you weren't following). It may be a problem on Commons, and I hope your instructor can address it knowledgeably with you. —Aladdin Sane (talk) 04:46, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Aladdin Sane for your feedback. I've contacted my professor and will be looking into this. 72.225.219.25 (talk) 22:32, 6 April 2015 (UTC)croussos[reply]