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Death in Paradise (Parker novel)

Greetings and thank you for your contributions. I should point out that in the Death in Paradise (Parker novel) article, the book itself does not constitute a WP:Reliable source, and thus this article is currently unreferenced. Any plot summary extracted from the book directly is considered WP:Original research. Independent sources, such as book reviews, are needed. Regards, PDCook (talk) 14:21, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The same is true for Night Passage (Parker novel) and Trouble in Paradise (Parker novel). PDCook (talk) 14:24, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Correcting issues with your own articles

It's been a month now, and you haven't corrected Death in Paradise (Parker novel), although you did usefully add an infobox to Night Passage (Parker novel).

Similar issues come up in High Profile (Parker novel).

I'd strongly encourage continuing improvements to your existing articles. It may seem that you've put in a substantial part of the work already, but I can say, having created a number of new Wiki book articles, that you're only doing half the work, and some of the easiest part.

Examples of what I did for my articles: 1) Bought the book, 2) Scanned and uploaded the book cover to the article, 3) Investigated printing history, 4) Searched extensively for reviews, and quoted them, 5) Bought references that discussed the book, and quoted and referenced them. This was time-consuming and expensive, but I'll note that only once was one of my articles given an improvement tag.

When writing a plot summary, doing a certain amount of what would be unacceptable original research in other Wikipedia articles is unavoidable. However, when Pdcook is talking about original research, they may be referring to comments you made such as "The plot thickens", "This at first seems unimportant", and "it now appears to Jesse that Laurie is trying to cement herself a new sugar daddy"

Part of the "clues" as it were, that these phrases are unacceptable original research is that they are also informal writing, and clichés. The first two phrases should not be in an encyclopedia, and the third should be rephrased in neutral, non-cliché language. (For example: "Jesse believes Laurie is trying to attract a rich man to support her."

An exercise you'll probably find useful is to go back and remove 10% of the words you deem "least essential". If you think they aren't absolutely needed, there's a good chance a casual reader who doesn't know the books will think so, too.

Regards, Piano non troppo (talk) 20:10, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

License tagging for File:Gloria Estefan Alma Caribena.jpg

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Shannara

Hi, can you please recreate Indomitable - Shannara Short Story at Indomitable (short story) instead of the existing redirect, your new article name is incorrectly formatted. Since it is a cut-and-paste move it is best that you do it yourself as you are the creature of the new article. If you are unsure how or have trouble doing so, I can do it for you. Thanks.— TAnthony^Talk 18:51, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You should also be sure to use the Upload Wizard when uploading images, I added the proper non-free fair use rationale and licensing templates to File:Indomitable Shannara.jpg, but File:WeaponMastersChoice.jpg and any new images you upload will need them, or be tagged for deletion. You can copy what I added for other images if you like, just update the file-specific info. Thanks.— TAnthony^Talk 19:12, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've had the "Indomitable" article moved to the proper place, thanks for creating it! — TAnthony^Talk 23:03, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

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Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. However, there are steps that must be taken to verify that license before you do. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — TAnthony^Talk 20:46, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

File licensing

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Orphaned non-free image File:Gloria Estefan Alma Caribena.jpg

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September 2015

Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, such as those you made to Metallica, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Nothing to revert, but you've clearly chosen to resort to not editing constructively. Please stop. 4TheWynne^{(talk)(contribs)} 09:28, 21 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:ImaginaryFriends EarlyDraft.jpg

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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:ImaginaryFriends Shannara.jpg

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File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Unfettered.jpg

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Deletion discussion about Walker and the Shade of Allanon

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I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Walker and the Shade of Allanon should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walker and the Shade of Allanon .

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Thanks, TheLongTone (talk) 15:11, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The Stiehl Assassin moved to draftspace

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Your submission at Articles for creation: The Stiehl Assassin (March 26)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by S0091 was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of books). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

Need a couple critical reviews. Publisher's Weekly likely reviewed it so check there, then you just need one more. Also see MOS:PLOTLENGTH so suggest trimming the plot.

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