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May 14

Image question

How do I import a picture? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rquest14 (talk • contribs) 01:09, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Rquest14. I suggest you start by doing the tutorial at Help:Introduction to uploading images/1. If this is in relation to your draft at User:Rquest14/sandbox which you have submitted for review, I should warn you that in its present state it will be declined on sight. It has no references whatsoever. Much of the material appears to be unpublished and would be known only to the subject himself or close associates. I suggest you read both Wikipedia:Autobiography and Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. You must demonstrate that the subject meets the criteria with references to reliable published sources which are entirely independent of the subject Voceditenore (talk) 05:47, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of User:D1ofBerks/sandbox

Hi, Thank you for your prompt reply to my submission (currently in my Sandbox, Wikopedia talk:Articles for creation/Spectrum of a Chirp Pulse My intention is to have these sections added to the existing article "Chirp", with "Spectrum of a Chirp Pulse" being a new sub-heading, so I didn't think any introduction on my part would be necessary. Please advise further. Regards David D1ofBerks (talk) 10:10, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@D1ofBerks - If you intend it to be a section in an already existing article then simply add it to that article. Do not submit it for review, this review process is only for completely new articles - not additions or edits to existing ones.

Never, never, never, use "op cit" references - Wikipedia articles are not paper, the content is subject to being changed at any time - if an "op cit" reference is moved to a new position before the actual citation it is referring to, it becomes meaningless. See WP:REFNAME for how to correctly repeat references to the same source. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:54, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The Kicks (band)

Hi

How do I see the text of an article that I have submitted for review - at the moment I can only see what it was like before I updated the article for a new review???

David — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidpapworth (talk • contribs) 12:32, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Davidpapworth - The last edit to the page was when you resubmitted it at 12:09 UTC today. The edit before that was on 15 April. See the page history. So if you changed something before you resubmitted, you forgot to actually save it. You'll simply have to edit it again - and don't forget to hit that "Save" button this time - be careful "Preview" is not the same as "Save". Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:04, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Psychetube

I made an article which was approved but a few weeks later some BOT took down the photograph:

The photograph I want to use is a scanned photograph by unknown person, owned by daughter of the subject which she sent to me.

I really want to upload it properly with the correct information on copyright, licence, creative commons license. I am lost in the backrooms: wizards and tags and templates and if someone could just talk me through the locks.

I tried to rename the file and upload again, just for the time being, but this did not work.

I do not want to infringe anything and understand that issues of rights are crucial, but need some guidance Psychetube (talk) 13:27, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Psychetube. Is the article Derek Richter? It seems to have the image of him now, but licensing for images like this can be tricky. If the OTRS permission isn't satisfactory, and it gets deleted again, you can always upload it as a non-free historic image of a deceased person with a Fair use rationale. Here's an example. If you do go the "Fair use" route, though, the image must have been previously published somewhere, either on the internet or in print. Anyhow let's hope the OTRS process works. Voceditenore (talk) 16:51, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Draft:Luke Webb (Actor)

hello,

could you please advise why this submission was declined?

how can i improve this to re send for review?

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.20.140.19 (talk) 15:11, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello 110.20.140.19. It says at the top of your draft why it was declined. Biographies of living people require significant coverage in multiple published sources independent of the subject. Take a look at the criteria at Wikipedia:Notability (people) and the general summary of the inclusion criteria for any biography. I would also suggest you write the draft more accurately. For example, Webb did not "feature" in The Wolverine alongside Hugh Jackman. He had an uncredited bit part as an Allied POW. It may well be too soon for him to have article. Voceditenore (talk) 16:25, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Sean Kearns

Hello there.

I posted an article about a Canadian-based sports filmmaker who has done significant work internationally for companies like Hurley and VANS. He produced and directed a number of them, but has never done any digital self promo so it can be hard to find references. That said, there is a snowboard named after him and the videos are available online.

I've linked to as many items as I could find, but the article was declined for lack of reference I think.

What can I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adoman22 (talk • contribs) 18:18, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's not clear why you believe the absence of "digital self promo" has anything to do with referencing, such a "self promo" material is not acceptable as references anyway. What you should look for is press sources such as magazine or news articles. How do you know what you know about him? That is what your real sources are, reference them - except if it is a case of "I was there" or "he told me himself" knowlege. All sources must have been published. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 21:18, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Draft:Myron Michailidis

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Myron Michailidis

Dear sir or madame,

I uploaded an image of Mr. Myron Michailidis [Greek conductor - Artistic Director of the Greek National Opera] to present it in the Draft:Myron Michailidis which is on a review waiting process to be moved or not to the article space.

The photo has credits [Nikos Koukis] and is taken by his personal website with Mr. Michailidis consent. The link to his personal website where the photo is uploaded, is http://www.myronmichailidis.net/9.html

Please help me to attribute all the necessary information on its copyright and licensing status, so as not to be deleted (although my second attempt to fix the problem resulted in two files with the same name Myron_Michailidis.jpeg)

I thank you in advance for your valuable help

Greek national opera (talk) 21:09, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Greek national opera. Unfortunately, giving credit is not enough. One of Wikipedia's goals is to be a resource that is not only free of cost, but free for others to reuse. Because of this, images generally must be free content, which is content that anyone can use for any purpose (even commercially), with few restrictions (like giving credit). The photo you uploaded is copyrighted with no indication that others are free to reuse it, so it is "non-free". Non-free content can be used if it meets certain requirements, but this likely does not. If you want (and are legally able to), you can "donate" the material under a free license; information about this process is at donating copyrighted materials. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anon126 (talk • contribs) 03:09, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Jimi Mbaye

Hi, what are the reasons for the rejection of my submission please?Szimmerman7 (talk) 22:54, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Szimmerman7: Your submission is in French. This is the English-language Wikipedia. Chris Troutman (talk) 23:03, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The French Wikipedia is at http://fr.wikipedia.org -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 00:22, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]