User talk:Timbabcock

Image copyright problem with Image:Vmlogo.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading Image:Vmlogo.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 22:52, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Narrows Bridge photos

Neat photos; they're on the Gig Harbor side, right? You should probably mark them as public domain or license them as {{cc-by-3.0}}, or else some overzealous editor will delete them as subject to copyright. Travisl (talk) 21:41, 27 May 2008 (UTC) 07:20, 1 June 2008 (UTC) Thanks for the copyright info. I took care of that tonight. Yes they are on the Gig Harbor side inbetween the two bridges.

Timbabcock

Question for administrator

{{admin help}} <IP address 72.160.98.133 has been assigned to Tim Babcock as a static IP address acquired from Centurylink as of February of 2013>

--Timbabcock (talk) 02:32, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

You don't need to tell us that - is it a problem for some reason? JohnCD (talk) 08:36, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Ah, I see, that IP has been blocked as an open proxy. I will place a request at WP:OP to have it checked out. JohnCD (talk) 08:40, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

 Done. The WikiProject agrees it is not an open proxy, and I have unblocked it. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 15:53, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

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Your recent (October 2020) contributions to White Front and Valu-Mart articles

I have noticed that your recent contributions to the White Front and Valu-Mart articles needs some improvements that would make it easier for other editors to check and confirm if what you have actually written is actually true (or if other editors had added new material that contradicts with the existing citations). In particular, I have looked at these edits on White Front and these edits on Valu-Mart

Are your citations from hard copies or online digital copies?

If you are one of the few people who are actually going through a paper archive in a public library, you need to give enough information so that a reader can located the correct article in the millions of pages stored in the back room of the library. At some libraries, patrons are not permitted physical access to some historical newspapers and will have to give the librarian the correct title of the newspaper, article title, author, publication date, issue, page number, column number, and possible location (by inches) within the page.

If you access a digital copy of the article, please give the full url of the article that would include the digital article identification number. If you are accessing articles via ProQuest or Newsbank, you would be given a really long url in your browser and a different url if you use the "copy link" feature. If given a choice, please use "copy link" url. We can show you later on how to get a shorter version of the url that others can use to access the same article.

As an an example, the following is not very help of another editor want to check the article to see if it really supports your claim since that article is not accessible to anyone else (because the url does not point to actual article; not enough information is included for a librarian to perform a hard-copy search):

{{cite news |title=How to turn stores to profit? |url=http://nl.newsbank.com |accessdate=4 October 2020 |agency=The Seattle Times |publisher=The Seattle Times |date=June 16, 1972 |ref=Page D1}}

which renders as:

• "How to turn stores to profit?". The Seattle Times. The Seattle Times. June 16, 1972. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

In contrast, the following example (which accessible to anyone at a library that has a subscription) is more useful:

{{cite news |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/0EAF457DBA96D654 |title=Casa Bonita sues "copycat' Accused eatery in Salt Lake City |date=July 4, 2000 |newspaper=[[Denver Post]] |first=Anne |last=Colden |via=[[Newsbank]] |pageC-01 |url-access=subscription |url-access=subscription |quote=The Mayan is so similar to Casa Bonita that there can be little doubt}}

which render as:

• Colden, Anne (July 4, 2000). "Casa Bonita sues "copycat' Accused eatery in Salt Lake City". Denver Post. p. C-01 – via Newsbank. The Mayan is so similar to Casa Bonita that there can be little doubt

If you have any questions, please ask and I will try to guide you how to properly cite articles and make it accessible to other editors. -- 68.50.32.85 (talk) 04:25, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

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