User talk:JimBo4212

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Hello JimBo4212, 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 have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!  --HappyCamper 18:03, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Modern US Target Drones

Hi there. The article Modern US Target Drones which you contributed to seems to be a verbatim copy of the content at http://www.vectorsite.net/twuav02.html - are you the author of that page? If so, please send me an e-mail so I can post a notice which states that you allow the content to be released under the GFDL for editing and distribution on Wikipedia. At the moment, the substantial similarity between the two pages is a copyright violation and will be deleted within a grace period of a few days. Please take a look at this page for an idea of a similar notice which I might place on the page. If you have any more questions please feel free to contact me on my talk page. Thank you! --HappyCamper 18:03, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Ah, I see...I took a closer look... http://www.vectorsite.net/sitemap.html seems to state that all written materials are in the public domain. Nevermind then; my apologies. --HappyCamper 18:13, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Public domain material

Hi JimBo4212, let me apologize first if my posts up there offended you; as an administrator, it is not often that I encounter a contributor who is consciously adding public domain material to Wikipedia. Very often, I see newcomers do a cut-and-paste of copyrighted content, and these pages are generally deleted on sight. I'm sorry that I initially did not look into the source of your contributions in more detail.

From a cursory glance, the material you are adding seems to be in the public domain, and this is wonderful for Wikipedia! I will take your word that you are adding only public domain material. If you encounter problems where another administrator has deleted public domain material which you have added, please let me know, and I will uncover the articles for you. Also, please don't hesitate to ask questions, I'd be more than happy to help you. --HappyCamper 19:24, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Linking to subpages on other pages

If I understood correctly: you want to a specific section from one page to another? You can try this...

  • Let's say, you wanted to link from your talk page to a particular section of my talk page; say, a Christmas greeting I got the other day. You can use User talk:HappyCamper#Merry Christmas, and this should work. If it does not, try replacing spaces with underscores: User_talk:HappyCamper#Merry_Christmas. This sort of linking is not used very often though, and I remember reading somewhere that there is a little caveat behind it. I can't think of it off the top of my head, but if I remember, I'll let you know.

I see you've figured out how to change your signature too! That's good :-) I also noticed that there is a new user by the name of MrG - if he really wants to have his content on Wikipedia, then I think it might be best that I contact him directly; with so much material, it might be beneficial to make an "official" WikiProject which is dedicated to porting over the data. --HappyCamper 20:21, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Major changes

Hi Jim, I have made a number of major changes to the article which you initially submitted; renaming certain articles so that they are more in conformity to the style guide here on Wikipedia. I've also changed how some pictures are displayed, so if you get a chance, take a look at how I have done so. Today, I sent an e-mail to MrG; I hope to hear back from him to see what ideas he has for these articles as well. --HappyCamper 04:17, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hmm...

Maybe if we just worked on fixing up what you have moved over so far, that would suffice? --HappyCamper 18:44, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't think there is ever information that is "too much for Wikipedia" - in fact, there is a project right now which involves porting over all the material from PlanetMath over here. I sent him an e-mail as well just for my peace of mind that all the stuff is in the public domain. If you want these to be deleted, let me know - I have no problems with this as long as we are the only editors to the pages. --HappyCamper 18:48, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
I think it is worth while. I understand he is busy and isn't interested in a "committee writing effort". Most of the information is there now, and just needs reorganization. I'd say give it a little bit and see if you get a response asking you to delete what is there. --Jim 18:54, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
I haven't received any deletion requests, so I think it's okay to continue. Let's just focus on cleaning up what exists on Wikipedia first, and then worry about updating the pages. It does not matter that Wikipedia does not have the most up-to-date information. It matters that the information is sourced and accurate. It seems that we have that right now, but the articles just need a bit of reorganization. I know next to nothing on the topic, so if my reorganization is not desirable, please feel free to change it. My concern now is to finish the template so that it is easier to navigate to each of the subpages. --HappyCamper 19:14, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Twuav001.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Twuav001.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images on Wikipedia is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. You can get help on image copyright tagging from Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags. -- Carnildo 05:08, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

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