Hello, Jbiglow! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already excited about Wikipedia, you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field when making edits to pages. Happy editing! HopsonRoad (talk) 23:26, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Jbiglow, you asked about adding an image, regarding sweep rowing, at the article on the subject. It would be appropriate if it supplements or better illustrates the topic than what is already there. Otherwise, the image may be a useful addition to Wikimedia. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 23:31, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Did you type that whole message? It looks like an auto reply, but then you signed it. I seem to be on a talk page, but cannot see how to sign my name by clicking an icon. I can only enter the tildes. I'm logged in, so it should show this as being from me. If I sign this, it tells me I don't need to. Jbiglow (talk) 02:39, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The welcome above was a template from the edit that you made at Talk:John Bigelow, where it indicated that you had an empty Talk page. As I'm writing this reply, it automatically has my signature at the end. HopsonRoad (talk) 02:43, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If I scan more articles, should I upload them to the sandbox? and photos to wikimedia? I suppose references should have a sentence in the article, but it could be very brief. Jbiglow (talk) 02:42, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure what you mean by "scan" an article. Copyrighted material shouldn't appear in Wikipedia, not in the Sandboxes or even in the edit comments. Of course, photos either have to be licensed to Wikimedia or be out of copyright. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 02:45, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Most of what I am asking about is newspaper articles from reputable sources. Since they are from the early 1980's they are not available on the internet. I don't believe I'm asking about copyrighted material. Jbiglow (talk) 13:10, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Both the content and the layout of newspapers from that period are copyrighted. It's fine to cite them, even without being able to link. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 13:12, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already excited about Wikipedia, you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field when making edits to pages. Happy editing! HopsonRoad (talk) 23:26, 10 October 2022 (UTC)