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Michael Fowles

Definitely not the same guy. The deleted article was about a property developer, and was written by somebody at his company. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:41, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Orangemike Markcoulter50 (talk) 15:39, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Adding redirect link to page

{{helpme}} I am wanting to add a link a link to the top of the cornet page saying “This article is about the B♭ instrument. For the E♭ instrument see soprano cornet.” And vice-versa at the top of the soprano cornet page. How do I do this? Thanks Markcoulter50 (talk) 21:22, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You could use {{otheruses4}}. E.g. {{otheruses4|the B{{music|flat}} instrument|the E{{music|flat}} instrument|soprano cornet}} produces Algebraist 21:28, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(Edit conflict, hence you get a free bonus answer too)

The best way to do that is by using a hatnote template. In this case, I think you'll want;

{{about|the B{{music|flat}} instrument|E{{music|flat}} instrument|soprano cornet}}

That will display as;

...and vice-versa.

If you need more help with it, please ask - or please, for any Wikipedia help and advice, talk to us live, with this or this. Chzz ► 21:31, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks guys. That helps a lot. Markcoulter50 (talk) 12:04, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Citing from a one-off publication

{{helpme}} I have a booklet published by Third Carickfergus Band for their 50th anniversairey. This contain info about the band I would like to use on the page I am writing for the band. How do I cite what I write on wikipedia from the booklet? Markcoulter50 (talk) 14:28, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Two things:

The booklet, must be verifiable - that is, other users must be able to access it and verify that the information in the article is indeed supported by the source. If a copy is available online, or in a public resource such as a library, it can be verified.
Also, it is a primary, self-published source. Check the policies I've linked there. In short, the source can only be used for basic descriptive information about the band - not any interpreted information or claims about anything else. The source cannot be used to establish notability, nor can the article be wholly or mostly dependent on such sources.

If you have any further questions you can:

Leave a message on my talk page; or
Use another {{helpme}} here; or
Talk to us live, with this.

Regards, AJ Cham 15:07, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting permission for a photo

{{helpme}} I'm removing the template to get it out of the alert queue. I'll post my response below in just a moment. kmccoy (talk) 18:33, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I sent this to the address provided by the host website:

Haverhill Silver Band,

I really liked your photograph of Dave Thornton. I'd love to use it in a project I'm involved with called Wikipedia, so I'm seeking your permission. Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org is a free encyclopedia that is collaboratively edited by volunteers from around the world.

I'd like to include your materials in this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Thornton. To get a sense of the freedom of Wikipedia, you could even edit this right now, even without formally registering.

We can only use your materials if you are willing to grant permission for this under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License. This means that anyone will have the right to share and, where appropriate, to update your material. You can read this license in full at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License

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If you agree, we will credit you for your work in the resulting article's references section by stating that it was based on your work and is used with your permission, and by providing a web link back to: http://haverhill.silver.band.googlepages.com/photo-david-thornton.jpg/photo-david-thornton-full.jpg

Thank you for your time; I look forward to your response.

Kindly,

Mark Coulter

In reply I recevied:

Mark

Isn't it up to David?

Should you ask him?

RP

What do I do because I don't know the answer?

Thanks

Mark, first off, thanks for trying to get a free photo for use on Wikipedia. It's nice to see it being done. The question here is a matter of who owns the copyright to the photo. This website owner might just have posted a publicity photo of David, in which case the website admin really can't give proper permission for us to use the photo. If that's the case, you're best off contacting David and asking if he can give permission to license the photo under a free license. If the website admin was the photographer, though, he/she can most likely license it for our use, though permission from David still would be nice to avoid any issues with personality rights. You might be interested also in commons:Commons:Photographs_of_identifiable_people, though in this case I think we're on pretty solid grounds with it being an appropriate photo.

So, my suggestion would be to respond back to RP and ask if they're the photographer, and if they are, would they be willing to license the photo under cc-by-sa and also put you in touch with David. If they aren't, then maybe they can put you in touch with David so that you can find out if he can license the photo.

Please let me know if I can clarify this for you. Sometimes I ramble. :) kmccoy (talk) 18:40, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Kmccoy I've replied using you suggestions I'll repost to tell you what there reply is. Thanks Markcoulter50 (talk) 20:17, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kmccoy. RP replied saying:

Mark

No, I wasn't the photographer - David gave it to us.

His email is on his personal web-site (links to Black Dyke)

He's very approachable and will, I'm sure, help.

Regards

Richard

I'll contact David using email to see if he will/can license the photo for us. Markcoulter50 (talk) 15:59, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's great news. I'd suggest getting it licensed under cc-by-sa and following the instructions at commons:Commons:Permission and uploading it to commons. Let me know if I can help, or use the helpme template again. :) kmccoy (talk) 16:47, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What name should be used?

Hey. When referred to a person in an article is there a perferred name to refer to them by ie First name, surname etc. Is it a matter of preference or is their something in MOS that states which way and when?

Thanks

Wikipedia:Manual of Style (biographies)#Subsequent uses of names says, after the initial mention of the name, only the surname should be used. Please let me know if there are any more questions. Thanks! --Mysdaao ^talk 21:00, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

You're welcome! --Mysdaao ^talk 01:47, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Should this user be blocked?

Hey,

I am watching the page Third Carrickfergus Silver Band. When reviewing its edit history i observed a user called User:tcsbteam who had made two edits which i discovered broke the guidlines of MOS which I asked about in the previous question. I looked at the users history and they only made two edits both the afformentioned which I undid. I soon became aware of what 'tcsbteam' stood for - Third Carrickfergus Silver Band Team. I read the article WP:ORGNAME and it states 'accounts with a company or group name as a username are indefinitely blocked' however it also says 'Do not bite the newbeeies' WP:BITE. WHat should I do?

Thanks

Hello, thanks for bringing this to my attention!

I've left the user a warning on COI. While you're right about the naming policy being against promotional usernames, I'll take it on good faith that the user doesn't intend something like that. We'll see if we get any response. Cheers, m.o.p 22:01, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, thanks for warning me about that. Is it possible that I can access the old page to rewrite it instead of having to start from scratch all over again? Thats a bit wick :( Markcoulter50 (talk) 16:45, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Eden Primary School, Carrickfergus

Updated content at User_talk:Fram#Eden_Primary_School, also my earlier comment at User_talk:Fram#Eden_Primary_School.2C_Carrickfergus Andy Dingley (talk) 12:05, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vandelsim what next?

User talk:95.172.224.42 has vandelised the Carrickfergus Grammar School page as can be seen in recent edits. I have reversed the edit. Should anything more be done? Thanks Markcoulter50 (talk) 12:38, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The next thing to do is give a warning on the IP's talk page - {{subst:uw-vandalism2|Carrickfergus Grammar School}} would be suitable; I've given it, and you can see what it looks like at User talk:95.172.224.42. What to do about vandalism generally is explained at WP:Vandalism, and the various warnings are listed at WP:WARN. If a user vandalises again after a recent final warning, they can be reported at WP:AIV. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 12:44, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. You might want to enable "twinkle" in "Special:Preferences" (under "gadgets") which makes it easy to issue such warnings. Chzz ► 12:45, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

After looking further, I decided to remove the names from the article - they'd been tagged as needing a reference since 2008. See WP:NPF.

Like many articles on schools, this one is poorly referenced and largely not verifiable, therefore they are easy vandalism targets. The best long-term solution is to ensure that the information is well-cited, so that it is easier to identify vandalism edits.

One last tip is, that if an article is subject to ongoing vandalism - from several different users/IPs - then you could request page protection. That certainly is not applicable here (yet), but I just mention it for your future info. Chzz ► 13:01, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Markcoulter50 (talk) 15:33, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have found a cite for the info you removed can I reinstate it? Markcoulter50 (talk) 15:37, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading SVG logo

I recently uploaded the logo for Carrickfergus Grammar School, However I now have a vector (svg) version how do I upload this or replace the old file? Thanks Markcoulter50 (talk) 16:51, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. In the page for the image file itself: File:Carrickfergus Grammar Logo.png, there is a link at the bottom saying 'Upload a new version of this file'. Click that and upload the svg version. Cheers.--Obsidi♠n^Soul 17:18, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I tried this and received the error 'File extension does not match MIME type'. My guess is that this is because Im trying to replace a png with a svg...so what should I do? Thanks Markcoulter50 (talk) 18:42, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You were right to begin with, you just upload a new file with a new name (such as File:Carrickfergus Grammar Logo.svg), and edit the article to change the included image to the new name. Cheers, Prodego ^talk 19:41, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Great Backlog Drive

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I've been looking at taking part in the 'Great Backlog Drive' and Im considering having an involvement in the Category:Images_with_inappropriate_JPEG_compression part. Can I reduce the backlog by replace the jpeg with vectors 'svg' for many of the logo's? Thanks Markcoulter50 (talk) 17:28, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it would, but the best place to check is Wikipedia_talk:Contribution_Team/Backlogs--SPhilbrick T 17:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Eden Primary School, Carrickfergus for deletion

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LEHS little references and hence appears to have a biased prespective

{{helpme}} On reading the Lady Eleanor Holles School, the article has very few references while making many great claims that make it read as if it has a biased viewpoint. Should this article be marked "needs more references" or "biased perspective"? And how? Thanks. Markcoulter50 (talk) 15:37, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you click "preferences" at the top of the page and go to the "Gadgets" tab - you will find an option to add "Twinkle", check that and save. Then when you view pages you will note an extra menu item (TW) with a drop down arrow, click the arrow and select "tab" - you then have a nice list of templates you can add to the article. For more info on Twinkle - see WP:TW. Ronhjones ^(Talk) 17:46, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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