User talk:FuDrMagoo

Welcome[edit]

Hi FuDrMagoo, and welcome to Wikipedia! I've written some advice for past students in a similar class at Longy School of Music which you might find helpful. You'll find it here. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page (User talk:Voceditenore), or place {{helpme}} here on your talk page, ask your question, and another editor will come along to help. You might also be interested in WikiProject Classical music and WikiProject Composers. They have various guidelines for articles in this area and talk pages where you can ask advice from editors experienced in writing articles on classical music and related subjects. You'll find these guides particularly useful: WikiProject Composers: Guide to online research and WikiProject Composers: Copyright guidelines. Happy editing and best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 15:41, 13 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Teahouse[edit]

Hi FuDrMagoo. Me again. I'm shortly leaving for a month in Italy where I'll have very limited internet access. So I wanted to let you know about Wikipedia's Teahouse. It's a place providing great support for new editors. You can ask questions (no question is too basic) and get helpful answers and advice from experienced editors. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 11:22, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User:FuDrMagoo/sandbox[edit]

Hi there. Unfortunately I had to delete the page as it was unambiguously promotional and many pages such as that one are used to manipulate Google searches in order to promote a company etc. We can't really bend the rules too much on that one.

Having said that, seeing as you need it for school, just email me off of my talk page and I'll email it right back to you. Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 12:24, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation[edit]

Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, you can find it at Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Blink Music Studio's.
To edit the submission, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the help desk, via real time chat with helpers, or on the reviewer's talk page

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Cheers! Stella ^BATPHONE _GROOVES 03:00, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problems and notability[edit]

Hi there. Unfortunately, I had to delete virtually all of the content from Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Blink Music Studio's, Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Blink Music Studio's, and User:FuDrMagoo/sandbox. It was virtually word-for-word from various sections and pages at http://www.blinkmusic.com which are clearly marked "BLINK MUSIC STUDIO © 2010". This is not allowed on Wikipedia, even in sandboxes. I've added some information below which explains more about this. You are welcome to re-write the article in your own words, but to be honest, I don't think there is enough significant coverage of this company in independent and reliable published sources to make this topic viable. There is more information on this issue at Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. Best wishes, Voceditenore (talk) 10:58, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Avoiding copyright problems[edit]

Hello, and welcome. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

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 a cited source. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Wikipedia: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. (There is a college level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
Our primary policy on using copyrighted content is Wikipedia:Copyrights. You may also want to review Wikipedia:Copy-paste.
In very rare cases (that is, for sources that are public domain or compatibly licensed), it may be possible to include greater portions of a source text. However, please seek help at the help desk before adding such content to the article. 99.9% of sources may not be added in this way, so it is necessary to seek confirmation first. If you do confirm that a source is public domain or compatibly licensed, you will still need to provide full attribution; see Wikipedia:Plagiarism for the steps you need to follow.
Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied without attribution. If you want to copy from another Wikipedia project or article, you can, but please follow the steps in Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

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, you are welcome to visit me at my talk page. Thank you. Voceditenore (talk) 10:58, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]