User talk:RPMcG

Welcome!

Hello, RPMcG, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Rosie Ribbons. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

The five pillars of Wikipedia
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How to edit a page and How to develop articles
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Wikipelli ^Talk 14:56, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! RPMcG, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! heather walls (talk) 05:36, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your image uploads

Hi there; I'm afraid the images that you have uploaded will be deleted. Wikipedia, with a few exceptions, requires freely licensed media, and the majority of images you can find on the internet are not freely licensed. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me on my talk page. J Milburn (talk) 09:50, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there. As Rosie Ribbons is still alive, non-free images of her would typically be considered "replaceable", as someone could easily just create a free image. The best way to find free images is to check the likes of Wikimedia Commons or Flickr to see if someone else has uploaded any; sadly, in this case, it seems that they have not. There are other options; you could try asking someone who owns a picture of her to release it under a free license (see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission) but this can be a rather frustrating process- I wouldn't recommend it to someone not experienced with image issues on Wikipedia! The easiest thing to do would be to just take a picture yourself and upload it; obviously, this is not possible unless you happen to be going to see her perform soon. If a free image is not locatable, sadly, the article will just have to go unillustrated for the time being. J Milburn (talk) 15:59, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Only if she was the copyright holder. The copyright holder is normally the photographer, but her record label/agent may own some photographs that they can release. I'd recommend asking them if they'd be willing to release the image under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0, and you will need to forward the permission the relevant OTRS address once you've got it- everything will be explained on the page I linked above. Good luck! You can reach me on my talk page if I can be of any help. J Milburn (talk) 16:08, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]