User talk:Dagrossla

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:::Before you proceed pls read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Notability..that said ..See Wikipedia:Article wizard it will help you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia. However the two points said first must be adhered to or the new article will simply be deleted. Moxy (talk) 17:31, 18 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

re Movie Review Intelligence

Hi - Thanks for your message on my talk page. To answer your questions:

I didn't notice that the link to the LA Times piece was missing - thanks for pointing it out. I'll fix that now;
The box on the right of the other articles is called an infobox; a template with a number of preset parameters. It would be useful to have consistency across similar articles, so I will add one to Movie Review Intelligence. For the logo, I'm guessing the left hand part of (moviereviewintelligence.com/Images/Resources/mri_logo.png) this image would be your logo. If so, what we would generally do is upload a copy to Wikipedia and place it under a fair-use rationale. Wikipedia prefers not to use material such as images unless they are freely licensed, but under some circumstances, such as with company logos, we believe that displaying a low-resolution image solely on the subject's article page complies with the doctrine of fair use in the United States (The owners of such images can also explicitly give Wikipedia permission to use them).
There does seem to be a consensus among the writers of film articles to include information from aggregators such as Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. I'm not an expert in these types of articles, but we have a very active Wikiproject (collaboration between interested editors), The Films Wikiproject. I had a quick run through their discussion archives, and there do seem to have been regular discussions about the use of RT and MC in articles, with editors both for and against the use of these sites. We have a guideline which covers the use of aggregators, and there is also an essay WP:RTMC which is probably an accurate summary of knowledgeable editors' thoughts on this. I think your best way forward may be to post at the Films Wikiproject (linked above), and see what they think. As I say, there is ongoing, recent discussion on whether to mention aggregators in film articles; I'm sure the members of that project would be interested in evaluating a new tool.

Hope this helps - let me know if you need any more information. --Kateshortforbob _talk 12:51, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hey, I'm cymru.lass. I was one of the people who helped answer your question about how to whitelist Movie Review Intelligence. I'm just dropping you a line to let you know that even though your request to whitelist your site didn't work, there are other things you can do on this wiki. I'm a relatively new editor myself, but I really do love it here. There are lots of things to do on the 'pedia (a nickname for the website). Since you're in the film review industry, maybe you'd enjoy working on WikiProject Films. Since you run a review aggregator website, I'm guessing you love movies. You could help out by adding plot details to some film articles if you wanted. There are also other things to do here like copy edit (a personal favorite), reverting vandalism, or any number of interesting things to work on. If you're a little unsure about where to start and how to edit, try our adoption program. A more experienced editor teams up with you to show you the ropes. There are a bunch of editors in that program, so it'd probably be very easy to find one to help you out. If you have any questions, I'm on Wikipedia a ton. Just leave a message on my talk page, User talk:cymru.lass. I'll do my best to answer any questions about Wikipedia for you! --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 18:53, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I can direct you to some Wikipedia pages about the policy on external links if you'd like. I think the pages could probably do a better job of explaining than I could

Also, I noticed that your site was founded recently, in 2009. As the business grows, it will probably gain more popularity and exposure. Once the site gains more exposure, it has a higher likelihood of being used as a source on here. Hope this helps! --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 21:11, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, cymru -- much appreciated. Dagrossla (talk) 23:30, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Images

Hi - Thanks for the message on my talk page, and apologies for the delay in getting back to you. I see you got some information on the Help Desk in any case. Regarding the image, if it is currently available online you can give me a link on my talk page (leaving out the http part). If it's not online, we may be able to sort something out via email.

If the image is to be used under fair-use, I can upload it to Wikipedia and add it to the article if you like, simliar to how Ukexpat uploaded the current one. Alternatively, if you wish to freely license it, there is more information at WP:DCM. If you want to do this, you can email the image to our volunteer response team, so that they can verify the licensing. Note that there is no way to license an image solely for Wikipedia's use; because we're the free encyclopedia, it would have to be available for re-use to whoever wanted it. This Creative Commons license is one example. Please let me know if you need more information on this. Regards, --Kateshortforbob _talk 18:24, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

David, if you e-mail it to me via the e-mail link on my user page (in the tool box on the left hand side) I will upload it with a {{Logo fur}} template like the current one - in fact I will upload it in place of the existing logo. – ukexpat (talk) 01:39, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Send me an e-mail, via the link, without the attachment. I will respond via e-mail and you can then respond via e-mail with the attachment. – ukexpat (talk) 01:15, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alternate version uploaded as requested. You may have to bypass your cache and/or do a server purge to see the new version in the article. – ukexpat (talk) 12:39, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. – ukexpat (talk) 00:44, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]