User talk:EgoSnitch

BRD[edit]

One of Wikipedia's guidelines is described at WP:BRD. Briefly, be bold in your edits, but if reverted, consider starting a discussion at the articles Talk page to see if concensus can be reached. For any article, View history displays a chronological list of edits. Clicking on Prev shows the before and after, side by side. Clicking on the date shows the newer version. Nothing is lost. Also, editors with knowledge about a topic may choose to 'watch' that article, so that every time they log in, they see if articles they watch have been changed. David notMD (talk) 12:06, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Peggy Owens (Musician) (October 30)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by KylieTastic 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 music-related topics). 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.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Peggy Owens (Musician) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

KylieTastic (talk) 20:48, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, EgoSnitch! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! KylieTastic (talk) 20:48, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Peggy Owens (Musician) (October 30)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Qcne 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 music-related topics). 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:

Does not meet WP:MUSICBIO criteria.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Peggy Owens (Musician) and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Qcne (talk) 20:48, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright[edit]

Hello EgoSnitch! Your additions to Sam Reich have been removed in whole or in part, as they appear to have added copyrighted content without evidence that the source material is in the public domain or has been released by its owner or legal agent under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. (To request such a release, see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission.) While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
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. Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
We have strict guidelines on the usage of copyrighted images. Fair use images must meet all ten of the non-free content criteria in order to be used in articles, or they will be deleted. To be used on Wikipedia, all other images must be made available under a free and open copyright license that allows commercial and derivative reuse.
If you own the copyright to the source you want to copy or are a legally designated agent, you may be able to license that text so that we can publish it here. Understand, though, that unlike many other sites, where a person can license their content for use there and retain non-free ownership, that is not possible at Wikipedia. Rather, the release of content must be irrevocable, to the world, into either the public domain (PD) or under a suitably free and compatible copyright license. Please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials.
Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps described at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. See also Help:Translation#License requirements.

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, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Sariel Xilo (talk) 18:32, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, so I understand how copyright works pertaining to text, and to images of old (at least 150 years) stuff as outlined here (which I consulted while editing): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Uploading_images#Determine_copyright_status . What I seem not to understand is how to determine the copyright status of an image that I found on the internet and want to use. For example, in the article I was attempting to edit, the image in use is the only one already available in WikiMedia. Somehow biographical Wikipedia pages get photos of people. I was under the assumption that IMDB also has to follow copyright law, so I chose the photo that IMDB uses, and then made note of this choice in my edit summary with the disclaimer that someone should probably double check that the edit I made was ok. My question moving forward is this: what is the best way to source photos for Wikipedia articles? Only use what is in Wikimedia? Are there other databases of creative commons licensed photos that are commonly used for articles? I can't exactly go out and take a photo of everything that needs one myself. Thank you for any help and suggestions! EgoSnitch (talk) 03:13, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Images uploaded to Wiki Commons are limited to those that fall under a Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. While you can upload images under fair use on English Wikipedia, you have to follow the policy outlined here: Wikipedia:Image use policy. I'm not an expert in figuring out copyright (I've mostly added book covers which have easy fair use rationale) so I would direct any questions to Wikipedia:Media copyright questions or Wikipedia:Teahouse. Sariel Xilo (talk) 03:38, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I highly recommend reading the Image use policy article that Sariel mentioned. To my understanding, though I can't really tell you what sources are "the best" for finding photos that are acceptable under Wikipedia's image use policy, most of the time you can find them via a Youtube video (a screenshot from the video, to be exact) that is under Creative Commons and you probably would see something like "Creative Commons Attribute license" line under the video description. Or it could be from Flickr (of course you do need to check the photo's license to see if the photo meets the criteria in order for it to be accepted). At times, you may find photos on certain online blogs or articles that would have the CC tag or something similar to that but this may be a bit tougher to find.

Those are some ways to find photos that you can upload as long as it falls under the categories mentioned in said policy above. In your case, I see that you uploaded a photo of Sam Reich that you found on IMDb but there's a problem. The photo may very well be copyrighted content and since you didn't provide any license information, the photo would not be acceptable. While it can be uploaded as fair use content, you still need to check things carefully before uploading it. If you are unsure, feel free to ask any questions on the two question pages that Sariel also mentioned. YuhakGuardian (talk) 06:16, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Peggy Owens (Musician)[edit]

Hello, EgoSnitch. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Peggy Owens (Musician), a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 22:07, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct in that editing a draft and clicking on Publish to save that edit does not submit the draft for review, nor by-pass AfC review to publish it in mainspace. David notMD (talk) 21:00, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]