User talk:Ktoonen

Welcome, Ktoonen!

Hello, Ktoonen, and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm Clamster5, one of the thousands of editors here at Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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<3 Clamster5

Replying to My Talk Post

Hello. I got a welcome message from Clamster5. I wanted to thank her, but can't figure out how to send her a message. Do I "edit" her talk page? Can I send a email? A private, non-posted message?

And regarding signing a post with tildes... Is that only for talk pages, or am I supposed to be doing it on encyclopedia pages?

Obviously, these are trivial questions. I've been editing wikipedia pages, and adding references. I just decided I should "sign my name" to my edits.

--Ktoonen 17:48, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. :-) Yes, you can edit her talk page. More simply, you may click on the "+" button on the top of her talk page in order to insert a message without having to edit the entire page. You may also send e-mails, but some users might not have e-mail enabled yet.
Usually you just sign using tildes when leaving a comment (in talk pages, discussions, etc). You mustn't sign on article space.
You may change the way your signature will appear, in your preferences.
I hope this helped. Regards.--Hús ö nd 18:00, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to contact an editor, you can do it using their talk page. For example, Clamster5's talk page would be located at User talk:Clamster5. You should only sign on talk pages, and project pages (in the wikipedia space). You can look at WP:SIG for more information on that (basically, just don't sign articles). To edit your signature, go to preferences (or Special:Preferences) and type what you want in the signature line. If you wanted "ktoonen", then you'd type in [[User:Ktoonen|ktoonen]], and if you wanted a link to your talk page, you'd go[[User talk:Ktoonen|whatever you want to appear]]. But make sure you check the box that says "Raw signature" too. I hope that answers all of them. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 18:03, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Brenda Leigh Johnson Image

I am creating a page for "Brenda Leigh Johnson", a character from the TV show The Closer. My model is the page for Robert Goren of Law and Order: Criminal Intent. How do I get/use an image of Brenda, like the one of Goren, for the right hand side table, that is not in volation of copyright? If I use a publicity shot, do I have fair use rights? If not, what is the standard practice? Thanks in advance for the help! --ktoonen 02:19, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

WP:FU#Images summarises fair use to do with images. A fair use image may be ok if it is for critical commentary. An image in an infobox isn't generally used for critical commentary (it doesn't even have a caption in some cases!), so I imagine such images would get deleted eventually. I would expect the image at Robert Goren to get deleted some time. I'm not sure where you can get publicity shots. On another topic, Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) may be helpful since you are writing about fiction.--Commander Keane 02:36, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for uploading Image:BrendaLeighJohnson.jpg. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 05:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

The Closer

Hey fellow Wikipedia helping with The Closer...I think we need to re-structure the BLJ page. I posted my proposal in the talk page. Let me know what you think. And thank you for creating and expanding the article. I think when we are nearing its finishing touches we should start doing the other characters.Charleenmerced 19:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)Charleenmerced[reply]

Hollander Beater Discussion

Hi, Ktoonen. I'm getting the idea that you share my interest in papermaking, but that you probably know more about it than I do. I originally created the Hollander Beater stub, and I just checked in on it, and had some questions about your edits. I posted them on the talk page. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks. Carolfrog 08:36, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Subpages

Is it kosher to delete other people's comments/discussions from your talk page after you've dealt with the issue? Or is it better etiquette to leave a history?

If it's better to leave a history, is there some way to "create a page" that will be linked to from the top navigation bar which has -- a little person icon, <user name>, my talk, my preferences, my watchlist, my contributions, log out.

My goal is to have quick access to my personal cheat sheet. So that, and my "To Do" list be under my user page? Personally, I'd rather keep it separate from the "This is who I am" page...

Any advice, comments, suggestions are quite welcome! Thanks. --ktoonen 16:47, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, you probably shouldn't delete comments on your talk page, exept if it has gotten really long and you have to archive it. As for your other questions, I'm not familiar to the proccess, but for such technical questions, you should see the reference desk or the village pump.--Orthologist 17:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is more polite to leave the old conversation there, unless it is to be archived. For more information on archiving talk pages, see Wikipedia:How_to_archive_a_talk_page. Nol888_(Talk) 18:59, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As to creating links on your personal toolbar, insert addPortletLink('p-personal', url, name, id, title, key, after); into your monobook.js page.

You can create subpages for your cheatsheet and so on. For example, create User:Ktoonen/Cheatsheet and then, as Nol888 mentioned, add something like the following to your monobook.js file. This should then add "my cheatsheet" at the top right, which links to User:Ktoonen/Cheatsheet.

addOnloadHook(function () {
   addPortletLink("p-personal", wgServer + "/w/index.php?title=Special:Mypage/Cheatsheet", "my cheatsheet", 
   "t-cheatsheet", "my cheatsheet");
});

You can also add the link as a tab at the top of the page, or to the "navigation" or "toolbox" sections on the left of the page. Hope this helps! —Xhantar^Talk 19:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:BrendaLeighJohnson.jpg listed for deletion

Dear uploader: The media file you uploaded as Image:BrendaLeighJohnson.jpg has been listed for speedy deletion because you selected a copyright license type implying some type of restricted use, such as for non-commercial use only, or for educational use only or for use on Wikipedia by permission. While it might seem reasonable to assume that such files can be freely used on Wikipedia, a non-profit website, this is in fact not the case. Please do not upload any more files with these restrictions on them, because content on Wikipedia needs to be compatible with the GNU Free Documentation License, which allows anyone to use it for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial.

If you created this media file and want to use it on Wikipedia, you may re-upload it (or amend the image description if it has not yet been deleted) and use the license {{GFDL-self-no-disclaimers}} to license it under the GFDL, or {{cc-by-sa-2.5}} to license it under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, or use {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain.

If you did not create this media file but want to use it on Wikipedia, there are two ways to proceed. First, you may choose one of the fair use tags from this list if you believe one of those fair use rationales applies to this file. Second, you may want to contact the copyright holder and request that they make the media available under a free license.

If you have any questions please ask at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you. – Riana ^ঋ 10:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Goren

Nah. I reserve the right to remove content if I feel it is unnecessary. None of the content that anyone's bringing up, did I violate any policy or guideline in removing. - A Link to the Past (talk) 17:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reply

Well, I don't think that females are called "sir" in any branch. The most likely would be the Marine Corps, which I was in, and that was hugely frowned upon, women officers were ma'am. But, you could try asking over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/United States military history task force. Someone over there will know for sure. By the way, when you sign your name you can use ~~~~, four tildes, which will automatically link your name to your user page. If you need anything else, please let me know. Joe I 04:50, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

Hey, I was just looking to see if you'd solved your sig problem, and I noticed you live in Illinois. Kinda weird cause I was born/raised in Texas and now reside in Indiana. Anyways, since your a librarian, I also wanted to point out Portal:Library and information science to you. Anyways, see ya around. Joe I 06:29, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Robert Goren.jpg listed for deletion

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Fair use disputed for Image:BrendaLeighJohnson.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:BrendaLeighJohnson.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our Criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 02:21, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:BrendaLeighJohnson.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:BrendaLeighJohnson.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. —An gr ^{If you've written a quality article...} 17:31, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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