User talk:Restfest

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— Dismas|^(talk) 15:41, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Google[edit]

Can someone fix this? When google searching for this article it used to come up listed as a Wikipedia page. Now when it is google searched it does not show up at all unless you type wiki after the title, and then when it comes up, it shows up in the search as a wikiwand page. Would like the article to display as a Wikipedia page as it used to when google searched.

Restfest (talk) 05:56, 20 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are a couple things you should know here. First, I only happened to see this question because I happen to be watching your talk page (because it got added to my watchlist when I posted the welcome message above). I doubt that very many people have seen your question because hardly anyone at all is actually watching this page. The better place to ask this question would have been at the Help Desk.

Second, we have no control over how Google displays their results. You'd need to take this up with Google. They display info from Wikipedia because they can. Not because Wikipedia has any sort of arrangement with them. Dismas|^(talk) 19:11, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Robin Russel[edit]

Please see the article's history for the various reasons that I edited the Robin Russell article. If you have any questions as to why I specifically made one change or another, don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page. Happy editing, Dismas|^(talk) 22:58, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to put your signature at the bottom of the article. Look at other articles, none of them have signatures at the bottom. When you post to someone's talk page or the article's talk page, then you need to sign your comment but you don't sign articles. Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 15:33, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The image is not in your contributions, so I would say that you did not upload it here. Did you try to upload it to Commons? (If you don't know what that is, you likely didn't) You would start to upload it by going to WP:UPLOAD. Dismas|^(talk) 22:48, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the link. You could check this by looking that history of the article (click on the "View history" link for the article). I don't see the point in keeping it. We already have a link to his official site, the YouTube link can be found on his web site, and we're not a repository of all links associated with every subject. If you think it lives up to anything at WP:EL, then go ahead and add it back but please put something in the edit summary justifying why you're adding it back. Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 04:13, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adding an image[edit]

Download the image to your computer and rename it (if necessary) to something logical like "Robin Russell 2010"
Go to WP:UPLOAD
Click on The work of someone else, who has given permission to release it under a free license or it is already under a free license
Click on the "Browse" button and select the image from your hard drive
Fill out the summary information in the text box where the template is already added for you
Pull down the "Licensing" menu and choose the most appropriate option
Click on the "Upload" button
Copy the title of the image page, it should start with "Image:..." or "File:..."
Go to Russell's article and paste it into the infobox template at the top of the page where it says "Img ="

Questions? Dismas|^(talk) 17:24, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, where is this picture that you say you can use? The bottom of the home page says Copyright 2004 which would mean he holds the copyright for everything there and no image can be used on Wikipedia. Dismas|^(talk) 04:23, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Stub articles[edit]

Have you clicked on the link in the stub notice? It goes to Wikipedia:Stub which explains stub articles. Basically, it means that the article is short and it's a general request for someone to add well sourced info to the article. It doesn't mean that it's in danger of being deleted. We have thousands of stub articles. You can check out Category:Musician stubs to get an idea of just how many we have on musicians alone. Dismas|^(talk) 22:38, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Robin Russell Griffith Park 2010.jpg[edit]

File Copyright problem

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ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

Hi,
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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open![edit]

Hello, Restfest. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]