User talk:PlaygroundGirl

A belated welcome![edit]

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Again, welcome! DThomsen8 (talk) 12:30, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Need help with specific page editing[edit]

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I do not understand the comments to my proposed edit at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marie_Antoinette_(watch)&action=history. The person commenting alleges that 90% of my edits are copyright violation but I beg to differ, and I do know quite a great deal about copyright.

The entry, as previously edited, was sparse and outdated, as I discovered when I was researching the topic independently. I very carefully selected appropriate additional information and reworked it -- or gave credit -- in a matter that should have satisfied any copyright issues. (All the additions are either documented facts or centuries-old speculation.)

I also requested assistance with regard to a photo I wanted to include in this same update, according to the limitations/requirements for newer editors, but have heard nothing back from anyone about it.

Please advise. Thanks! PlaygroundGirl (talk) 09:56, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The history says the extra text was added by LDella (talk · contribs). Are you using more than one account? Please stick to one account in future if so, as this can cause confusion. Please see Wikipedia:Sock puppetry for more on this.

Yes, that was me (I wasn't aware I had two accounts and will look into that).

PlaygroundGirl (talk) 04:24, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The extra text does look very similar to the feature at The Telegraph web site, where it is marked "© Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2011". If you think that the addition is not a copyright violation, then please explain your reasons here. Parts of the Wikipedia:Copyright violations page may be helpful.

I will have to go back and double check the original and what I wrote. My recollection is that, although it is undeniably similar, there are only so many ways the same facts can be related. As stated in my initial query, this is reportage, not creative writing.

PlaygroundGirl (talk) 04:24, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

For the photo, if you make another three edits with this account then you will be autoconfirmed and able to upload pictures here. Alternatively, if you are intending to upload a free image then you can upload it to Wikimedia Commons where it can be shared by all the different-language Wikipedias. There are no "new editor" restrictions at Commons. -- John of Reading (talk) 11:21, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My concern was not about my ability to upload the photo as it was to confirm that to do so would not be a copyright violation(!). Despite my best efforts, I could not identify either a copyright claim or the originator of the photo (I found it on several different websites, none of which provided a copyright claim or credit). I submitted it to what I understood to be the Wiki "copyright clearinghouse" as I believed I was required to do.

Thanks. Looking forward to your follow-up response.

PlaygroundGirl (talk) 04:24, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't managed to find your post to the "copyright clearinghouse" (is that Wikipedia:Media copyright questions?). Can you post here the URLs of the web pages that contain the picture? -- John of Reading (talk) 08:51, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page formatting[edit]

I've reformatted your replies a bit in the previous section so that other editors will understand how the questions and replies fit together - see the Talk pages tutorial for examples. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:51, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Help me![edit]

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Hi. I have been editing the page for author Diane Mott Davidson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Mott_Davidson) and I have two problems I can’t figure out how to fix.

The first is in the Contents. The Bibliography shouldn’t be in numbered outline form. I'm guessing the problem is in the table but I can't discern what to do.

The second is in the bibliography itself. This is the first time I’ve done one and I copied the format from another Wikipedia page. Everything appears the way is should except that all the titles should be red (there are no Wikilinks)); I know that these few aren't because there were Wikilinks in those the format I copied from (I figured out how to remove them but not how to reset the text color).

Thanks!

PlaygroundGirl (talk) 05:23, 25 June 2020 (UTC)PlaygroundGirl PlaygroundGirl (talk) 05:23, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi PlaygroundGirl,

It looks like Praxidicae has been along and fixed that up for you. If you still don't want them numbered, simply change the '#' in to a '*' and it will become a bullet point instead. - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 12:29, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]