User talk:SerpentsTail

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I believe you're trying to fix the Known Shen Gong Wu article. If there is a problem with the article, there's no need to blank it in order to fix the content. You can fix it right on the page. If you want to make changes over a longer period of time, you can create your own sandbox at User:SerpentsTail/Sandbox and work on it there. Please don't blank articles though, since it confuses people. Also, be sure to leave messages on users' talk pages, not their userpages. Mak (talk) 03:17, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

I'll leave the welcome template, since it gives good links to learn how to edit Wikipedia.


Welcome!

Hello, SerpentsTail, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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!  Mak (talk) 03:17, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps it was your brother. You should sign out of your account in the future. If you highlight the whole page in order to copy it, and then type any letters (such as no), then the page will be blank if you save it. Please be a little more careful in the future, but have fun! Mak (talk) 03:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
For your reference this is the edit we're talking about. Bygones :)
And that is why I first hit you with the {{test3a-n}} template, due to who ever using your username blanking out the page. Ryulong 03:27, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Uploading pictures

To upload a picture, either click "Upload file" in the toolbox on the left side of the page, or simply go here. Since you want to upload a picture of Kimiko, it would be helpful to add the following text into the upload box:

Kimiko, a character from the animated television series ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]''.
{{media|Xiaolin Showdown}}

When you upload the picture, for "Licensing" choose "TV screenshot" from the menu. All of this should list the image correctly. Ryulong 21:58, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't appear that the picture has any sort of information with it. Where did you get it? (And please remember to sign your comments with ~~~~.) Ryulong 22:07, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
The below tag from OrphanBot is what I was talking about. You need to remember to add licensing information to any image you upload. You have to be clear as to how you got the picture. Ryulong 22:12, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm afraid that "Google" isn't a good source for images, as they don't even have copyright information as to how the other people got the images. It would be best not to use the image, now, unless you can figure out where the website you got it from got it from.
And As a courtesy for other editors, kindly observe Wikipedia guidelines and sign your talk page and user talk page posts. To do so simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments and your user name or IP address and the date will be automatically added. For further info see: Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. Thanks. Ryulong 22:14, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
That is all right, as I have found the actual source of the image. Ryulong 22:17, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
The picture is now correctly uploaded and tagged. You can now see it at Kimiko Tohomiko. Ryulong 22:25, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
And please remember that to sign comments, you don't put your username between [[ and ]]. Just type ~~~~ at the end of your comment, and then it will show up as your name, and the time you made your comment. Ryulong 22:28, 5 July 2006 (UTC) (←When I first typed "Ryulong 22:28, 5 July 2006 (UTC)", all I did was type ~~~~. Try it yourself, and you'll see that you'll get the same but with your name.)

[edit] Image Tagging for Image:Kimikotohomiko.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Kimikotohomiko.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the source and creator of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the source and creator of the image on the image's description page, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided source information for them as well.

For more information on using images, see the following pages:

This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 22:08, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A short lesson on imbedding pictures in articles

To put a picture on an article, all you have to do is link to it, with "Image:" before the filename. If I wanted to put the picture of Kimiko here, I would put "[[Image:Kimikotohomiko.jpg]]" but I cannot as this is not an article and it would violate the fair use rationale. However, I can add this image, a test image, here to show you how it works:

Image:Example.png

If I wanted to give the image a caption, I would do so by adding "|thumb" to the image imbedding, and then another | and then whatever I wanted to say in the picture. On the page for Kimiko Tohomiko I typed "[[Image:Kimikotohomiko.jpg|thumb|100px|'''Kimiko Tohomiko''']]" and that made the picture look as it did, including resizing it to be 100 pixels wide, and imbedding it on the right side of the page. The effect that has on Example.jpg is this:

This is an example of image formatting.
Enlarge
This is an example of image formatting.

To learn more about image formatting, go to WP:IMAGE. --Ryulong 22:40, 5 July 2006 (UTC)


A minor note, you must be sure that your images have the correct copyright information. Pictures that you find through a Google/Yahoo/etc. search should not be uploaded unless you can be sure of their source. Ryulong 22:45, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your message on my talk page

What's from Deviant Art? If a picture is from Deviantart, unless you drew it yourself or you have direct permission from the original artist you cannot upload the image. The Kimiko picture that you uploaded I found elsewhere online and is not a piece of fan art, and now has a much larger version up, along with all of the correct copyright information, if that's what you're talking about. Ryulong 18:48, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, well, even though you did find the picture of Kimiko on dA, I found it elsewhere, and now copyright information is listed. Ryulong 02:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
And, again: As a courtesy for other editors, kindly observe Wikipedia guidelines and sign your talk page and user talk page posts. To do so simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments and your user name or IP address and the date will be automatically added. For further info see: Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. Thanks. Ryulong 02:23, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
You might want to fix your signature. It doesn't link to anything. It should link to User:SerpentsTail, not SerpentsTail. Ryulong 02:46, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
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