User talk:Darcidobson
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Hello, Darcidobson, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.
I notice that one of the first articles you edited was Ryan Daniel Dobson, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.
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I am having trouble adding pictures the page I created. How to I find pictures that Wikipedia allows? How do I know if they do or do not have a copyright? Once I find a picture, how do I add it to the page? Thanks for your help. (Darcidobson (talk) 04:02, 13 December 2012 (UTC))
- The best way to know if an image has a copyright or not is to take the picture yourself, that way you know without any doubt it doesn't (assuming you don't copyright it yourself). There are other ways to find free images, flickr is a good source, but remember to check the copyright information attached to the image, you can find information on that and image copyright in general here: WP:Image use policy.
- Once you have your picture there are a number of ways to add it to your article, the simplest is to just link to it, for example
[[File:ImageName.jpg]]will place the image in the the article at the same size of the actual file. Generally there are always parameters added to control how the image appears, like size, border and caption, you can find all the info you need for doing that here: WP:Image tutorial. If you need anymore help please don't hesitate to ask here (follow the instructions in the yellow box to the right) or you can ask on my talk page. -- Patchy1 04:37, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Darcidobson, you are invited to the Teahouse[edit]
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