User talk:Jmcgnh/Archives/2019/02

Uploading Official Profile Photographs

Can you help me upload photographs? I am concerned I will corrupt a page unintentionally. My intention is to replace all the photographs of politicians to their official portrait. Could you also kindly send me reliable reference that could help me learn more about appropriately using my signature. I was pleased to hear that I almost did that correctly.

Here is the page in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chan_(Canadian_politician)

When I uploaded the intended photograph, it turned into a thumbnail. I do not own the copyright of the photograph, even though that looked like an easier way of uploading it. Your guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Sigma58 01:38, 7 February 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sigma58 (talk • contribs)

@Sigma58: First, I advise you not to upload photographs you did not take yourself. Your own photographs are the only ones for which there is a clear right for you to release them. If you track back the Chan photo, you'll see a chain of attributions. Eventually you may learn how to do all that correctly, but it's not the place to start.

Second, replacing photos with "official portraits" may run into some pushback from other editors. We tend not to accord any extra respect to official documents, preferring secondary sources. I know that, for instance, the official portraits of U.S. congress members are considered public domain, but I don't know that it's true of other jurisdictions. It's a detail you need to be on top of if you're going to pursue this program.

I'm no expert at uploading images. I usually direct people to c:Commons:First steps for more information.

Images are added to Wikipedia pages with various versions of the File call, sometimes directly, sometimes in templates like infoboxes. There is very little danger of corrupting a page. For that, all I can suggest is be Bold! — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:17, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback!

Thank you for your feedback, this is my first time using the talk page. I have taken the time to edit it and make it accurately reflect the content of reputable citations in additions to the ones listed. I appreciate your mentorship through this and hope that my comments (justification for changes) help justify such changes. I am sure if you refer to my citations you will see they are the same but mine are objective, relevant and accurately reflect what happened.

Furthermore, If you could help me with a blocked citation that I am trying to use that would be greatly appreciated. Although I agree that Wiki should never use petition websites as a reference due to the biased and unregulated nature of them. The one I intend on referencing is run by the Federal Government of Canada. The signatures (identities) are both verified and secure. It is an important citation which will allow me to refute the very inaccurate statements made by the previous editor.

If these citations are unjustly removed, would you recommend that I not undo it? Or if I do, include the reasoning? When someone is misrepresenting that much material, It is hard to summarize that briefly. I will also try to reach out to this user if I disagree with their changes.

Your guidance in general is greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sigma58 (talk • contribs) 00:39, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! Sadiqmohd34 (talk) 09:18, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Good reads not a source for citation

Greetings

I was not unaware good reads cannot be used as I had come across multiple biographies with good reads as references. Thanks for letting me know that. Will bear in mind for future.

I don't know where else I can find references for books so I am altogether removing the mention of both

The notability of the subject has already been established by multiple wikieditors

However in address to your citation concerns am making the following deletions have been made in the article until better references are available.

1) He has authored eight books

2) In 2019, he published "A Glimpse of the Spirit" a collection of 34 select articles which includes short stories, feature articles and notes on Bhagavad Gita, Isha Upanishad and Sri Aurobindo's Upanishad.

3) Badhe has authored eight books:

Also Books without citation have been removed

With Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pavankum (talk • contribs) 04:22, 23 February 2019 (UTC)