User talk:Jbdesign2

Welcome!

Hello, Jbdesign2, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! feydey 15:38, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

Thanks for uploading some pictures to Wikipedia. I wanted to make sure you were aware of some of the requirements and good practices for uploaded images.

Pick an image name.

When uploading an image, pick a file name that is descriptive, and unique. Remember that many images may be uploaded about the same topic, and remember that names are case sensitive.

Source the image.

On the image description page, explain where the image came from. If you created the image yourself, then say so. If it's from the web, give a URL. If it's a screenshot of a movie or game, or a scan from a book, give the title.

Provide copyright and license information.

This part is a little bit trickier, but it's very important. The copyright of the image generally belongs to whomever created it.

If it's a photograph you took, or an image you created (modifying an image that already exists doesn't count) in software like Photoshop or GIMP, then you own the copyright. To upload it to Wikipedia, you must agree to license it under the GFDL (which allows anyone to use it, but requires that they give credit to the original author and requires that any further edit to the image be licensed under the GFDL as well) or release it into the public domain (which allows anyone to use it for any purpose without restriction.) Do this by placing an appropriate tag on the image description page, like {{GFDL}} or {{PD}}. Be sure to mention that you created the image. If you're using {{PD}}, you may also want to use {{NoRightsReserved}}, since there is some dispute as to whether one may grant items into the public domain.

If you didn't create the image, or the copyright somehow belongs to another party (like a screenshot, which you might "create", but the copyright belongs to the author of the movie or video game), then you need to find another tag that describes the copyright status of the image. Images used on Wikipedia need to be free for our use and the use of sites which reproduce our content. This means that images cannot have a restriction such as "only for use by Wikipedia", or "for non-commercial use only", or "for educational use". Images without a free license may be usable in certain articles under fair use, but such a use should be justified on the image description page.

Describe the image.

To another reader, the image may not be immediately understood. A caption in an article doesn't explain the image to a visitor who sees it on its image page. Put a brief explanation of what is in the image on the image description page, similar to what you might include in a caption on an article.

Some links to Wikipedia pages on this subject:

Copyrights, Copyright tags, Fair use, Image description page, Public domain, Images for deletion, Possibly unfree images, Copyright problems, Uploading images

Thanks again for your contributions. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me at my talk page. feydey 15:38, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unspecified source for Image:Bethforge.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Bethforge.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be a justification explaining why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the file also doesn't have a copyright tag, then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. feydey 15:38, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bethlehem Steel[edit]

I'd suggest you be more mature in your edit summaries. I also suggest you look over Wikipedia's guidelines and do not simply ignore discussions without consensus. Please don't make edits simply because you want to promote your point of view. The359 (talk) 19:40, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What motorsports has to do with any of this I don't know, so attacking it or the fact that it is my area of expertise on Wikipedia is rather moot, and would continue to show a lack of maturity on your part.

As for the link, it can have a thousand pictures for all I care, it still has no text and offers nothing of an encyclopedic nature that we don't already have on the article.

As for how many contributions on Wikipedia somehow reflect my knowledge of Bethlehem Steel, I would wholeheartedly love to hear an explanation of how you came to that conclusion. The359 (talk) 17:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:Blastfurnaceandorebridge.jpg[edit]

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading Image:Blastfurnaceandorebridge.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 21:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures belong on Commons[edit]

If you are going to upload more pictures, they belong Here, Wikimedia Commons. Specifically, they belong in this category.

Commons is the photo repository for all Wikimedia projects, and your images will be able to be used on Wikipedias in any language from this point. Uploading them just to the English Wikipedia is not very useful. The359 (talk) 22:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

February 2008[edit]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we must insist that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not on Talk:Bethlehem Steel. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. richi (talk) 13:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia's no personal attacks policy. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Note that continued personal attacks will lead to blocks for disruption. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. With regard to your comments relating to Bethlehem Steel. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:50, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]