User talk:TobiasDark

Welcome to Wikipedia!

Dear TobiasDark: Welcome to Wikipedia, a free and open-content encyclopedia. I hope you enjoy contributing. To help get you settled in, I thought you might find the following pages useful:

Don't worry too much about being perfect. Very few of us are! Just in case you are not perfect, click here to see how you can avoid making common mistakes.

If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user talk (discussion) page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. A third option is to ask a more experienced user such as an administrator.

One last bit of advice: please sign any discussion comment with four tildes (~~~~). The software will automatically convert this into your signature which can be altered in the "Preferences" tab at the top of the screen. I hope I have not overwhelmed you with information. If you need any help just let me know. Once again welcome to Wikipedia, and don't forget to tell us about yourself and be BOLD! Bfigura ^(talk) 21:24, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Test Page

Hi there. I think you accidentally created your talk page in the main space of the wikipedia as an article. It has been flagged for deletion. To create a talk page, click on 'my talk' in the upper right corner of your browser window. Thanks --Bfigura ^(talk) 21:23, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since it appears to be about you I've moved it to your user space instead, which was probably what you intended in the first place (a common mistake among newcomers!).

I know Wikipedia can be confusing for new editors, so you are welcome to ask for help at the help desk or on my talk page. -- Gogo Dodo 21:26, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you to both of you! Clearly, I'm an idiot. I think I'll go check for spelling errors or something I can handle. Or just start drinking. TobiasDark 21:32, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re your message: You're welcome. =) Oh, I'm not chuckling at you (at least not at that, but your Talk page message was funny) and technically it was your third edit, though one of your earlier edits got deleted, so if you look at your contribution history, it looks like it was your second edit. If you have any questions, do feel free to contact me. =) -- Gogo Dodo 21:39, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talk Mistakes

Don't worry about it. It's a fairly natural mistake. Best of luck contributing to wikipedia. --Bfigura ^(talk) 21:29, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jessica Alba Playboy cover image on user page

Hello again, I just wanted to explain myself about why I removed the Playboy cover with Jessica Alba from your user page. It has to do with the fact that the cover is a non-free image and there are certain restrictions for it's use due to copyright issues. There's lots of documentation about it at Wikipedia:Image use policy and Wikipedia:Non-free content. -- Gogo Dodo 21:44, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Are you sorry you invited me to ask questions yet?

Re your message: To answer your first question, no, I'm not sorry about the invitation. It's what I'm here for. =) Sorry about the delay in getting back to you, though, as I stepped away from the computer for awhile. About the comment on the top instead of the bottom, it's okay. It's one of those etiquette things that are not so obviously at first. If you click the "+" along the tabs at the top of the page, the comment will automatically be added to the bottom. Though if you do reply to this message, the etiquette is to not add a new section, but to continue in the section you already created. All of that is written up at Wikipedia:Talk page. As for your questions...

What you did is the proper etiquette. Some people have email enabled (I do because I'm an admin). Normally email is used if you want to have a private conversation that you don't want the whole world to see since everything on Wikipedia is visible to all. Some editors will call that method "off-wiki".
There's a lot of good stuff at Help:Contents. A real handy one is Wikipedia:Cheatsheet for all of the formatting commands on Wikipedia. I also learned a lot by just observing others and seeing how they do things. You can experiment by editing the sandbox or creating your own personal sandbox if you don't want to experiment with the masses (sometimes kids will put, shall we say, interesting messages there). As for my particular style of replying and noting replies, I grab that from the respective Talk page history. I copy the URL from the "last" link. My particular style is something I picked up from an editor that first met when I got here. Some people reply in a similar style as mine and others don't. It all depends upon the style that you prefer. Again, it's one of those things were observation of others comes into play and you see a "Hey, I like that style, I think I'll do that." kind of thing. =)
You have the general idea right. The safest option is to obtain a photo taken yourself and then release that image for use by anybody (e.g., use it on Wikipedia). The fair use thing is complex as you saw. Generally, if you use an image on the article itself and it's just not a gratuitous use of the image, it's fair use. But really, the best images to use are ones that others have taken themselves and released for unlimited use. If you wander around some of the articles that interest you, you will see what I mean.

No worries about the errors. Wikipedia can be quite confusing when you first get here (heck, I still get confused from time to time). I recommend you observe for awhile (I think that's the third time I've said that), dabble in a few articles making minor changes, and then when you become more comfortable, start making large contributions. -- Gogo Dodo 07:27, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]