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Contents 1 License tagging for Image:OM @ 30.jpg 2 License tagging for Image:OM, 1943.jpg 3 William Como 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Leonard Wibberley with friend.jpg 5 Dance Magazine 6 Lil' tip 7 Tables? 8 Leonard Wibberley 9 Commercial use of Image:Author, 'The American Ballet'.jpg 10 Fair use rationale for Image:Author,_'The_American_Ballet'.jpg 11 Non-free use disputed for Image:Author, 'The American Ballet'.jpg 12 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Author of 'The American Ballet'.jpg 13 License tagging for Image:Blackfriars Bridge, from s. riverbed, Oct. '07.jpg 14 Duplicate images uploaded 15 Kwapiński 16 Image:Bachrach_por._Leonard_Wibberely,_ca_1945.jpg listed for deletion 17 Image copyright problem with Image:Goodden, Summer.jpg 18 DYKs 19 Image copyright problem with Image:Goodden, west approach.jpg 20 Image copyright problem with Image:Goodden, west approach.jpg

[edit] License tagging for Image:OM @ 30.jpg

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[edit] License tagging for Image:OM, 1943.jpg

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[edit] William Como

Thanks for removing the tag (no problem about it); I trust we're on our way. I've added a crucial ref. here. Normally, I don't list causes of death of people unless something dramatic happened, as I don't like last lines on human's (or animal's) biographies to state that, and in many cases it's something private that no one needs to know. In this case however it may be OK, because some have assumed that Bill died of AIDS, since he was gay: yr article on "After Dark" makes that clear, but curiously leaves Bill out! (I recall the last time I saw him, he took me to dinner and said, "Mind if I smoke?". I sh'd've said, "Yes"). Sadly, Bill never wrote his autobiography. He had a terrific opening, & was so much in the center of things, and such a good gossip, that it would've been terrific. I think it was to be with Knopf. Even his last days make a poignant story of affectionate care.

I've tried to get Queenofthewilis to open a subsection under 'Dance' on *writing* including this and the Olga Maynard piece I introduced. Myrtha's not yet responded.

What we need here is structured information about Bill and Dance Magazine through the 70s and early 80s, when it described and helped shape what Philp (see fn 2) calls the most important event in 20th C. theater. I'll try to get in touch with Philp and interest him in this project. (I'm not, however, going to fix the "Dance Mag" entry more, as I have a day job.) Thanks for the protocol changes. I'm impressed that you got to the article so fast--and pleased to've gotten so much done in two days. Cheers, Alethe 00:34, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello. I have now removed the cleanup tag from the William Como article and hope that you weren't offended by my adding it earlier. I still think the article needs some attention to bring it into line with other Wikipedia biographies, but another user appears to be looking at it as I am writing you this message (and has actually made some edits), so any problems should hopefully be sorted out. Cheers Paul20070 22:23, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Have just read through this article again and it looks ok. You might want to add some information to the references though. I might try doing this myself in the next couple of days if nobody else does, but will have to read up on how to do it first. Cheers Paul20070 22:36, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Leonard Wibberley with friend.jpg

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[edit] Dance Magazine

Hello there. Thanks for your message about Dance Magazine. I've had a look at the article and made a couple of edits, but I'm still fairly new here myself, so I hope I've sorted the link to the magazine in the way you wanted.

I've also put the name in italics, which, I'm happy to say, is fairly easy to do. When italicising bold text, you just have to add an extra two apostrophes at the beginning and end of the word or sentence, and it will appear as both bold and italics.

BTW, well done with your contributions to the Olga Maynard article. It looks good. Keep up the good work. Cheers Paul20070 21:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lil' tip

If you want to have links that take the user to that special page full of library and shopping links for Wibberley's work, all you have to do is drop in ISBNs: Wikipedia:ISBN. Looks like you're in a better place than most to find them for the works that were published late enough to get one. MrZaius^talk 14:19, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Per your question about vandalism on other sites, if they're not user-editable, your best bet would be to contact whoever handles corrections there, just like you would for print media. In the case of Fantastic Fiction, they post this at the bottom of their page: "Questions? Comments? Corrections? Please email webmaster@fantasticfiction.co.uk". Good luck, MrZaius^talk 14:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tables?

Is this what you meant? The table layout for the Wiki is fairly straightforward. If you were to copy the layout of the first section, that would help. MrZaius^talk 11:24, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Leonard Wibberley

Don't let anybody know you did all that, or they'll call it "original research" and revert it! - DavidWBrooks 13:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commercial use of Image:Author, 'The American Ballet'.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Author,_'The_American_Ballet'.jpg

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[edit] Duplicate images uploaded

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[edit] Kwapiński

Thanks for expanding the article. Once you destub it and split references from notes per WP:MOS (see for example Józef Szczepański how it should look like); do add it to T:TDYK for a chance at mainpage exposure.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 17:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure what you mean by corralling the WWII articles to a common site. Note we have "main" articles and categories for that period, starting with History of Poland (1939-1945).

pl:Administratorzy Łodzi lists Jan Kwapiński vel Piotr Chałupka as mayor of Łódź from 3 March 1939 to 4 September that year. Polish Wikipedia, as well as this somewhat more reliable source (newspaper article) note he was born as Piotr Chałupka. They give no explanation for why he would change his name; the article confirms he left Łódź on 4 September.

You can find out major authors of Lem's article by looking at its history and ask them yourself. Often, on Wiki, if you want something to be done, you have to do it yourself - like in real life :) If you like Lem, you may want to see what else Poland has to offer :) I highly recommend Jacek Dukaj.

For references, I find using the cite.php system the best; see Wikipedia:CITE#Footnotes (the <ref></ref> system). For notes, I use the ref/note system, with {{Ref_label|a|a|none}}{{Note_label|a|a|none}}<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki> tags. See this short article for examples how both styles are used in the same article. Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners essay may be helpful.

Take care, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 18:17, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Post-war fate often is very interesting. And sad. I don't know what's more tragic: the fate of those, like Witold Pilecki (hero of Auschwitz) who were executed by the communists, or those like general Stanisław Maczek (one of the greatest armor commanders of WWII) who were forced to work jobs like bartenders or porters on the foreign soil afterwards... --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 13:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: diacritics, you may want to voice your opinion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (use English). They are a bit of a dead horse; the most recent discussion starts around threat 13 ("Proposal to...").

A good way to create content trees, in addition to categories, are templates. We have for example {{Polish Secret State}}; I am sure there is room for quite a few more (see also Category:Polish navigational boxes).

Perhaps you would like to introduce yourself a little bit on your userpage. For example, WP:BABEL templates give information on languages spoken, allowing others to know what sources you can read, verify, and translate. I know there are pros and cons of being anonymous; personally I decided long time ago that the cons outweigh the pros. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 13:41, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Goodden, Summer.jpg

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[edit] DYKs

Both Kwapiński and the Bridge can be nominated for DYKs at T:TDYK under the clause new or recently expanded articles. What wikitraffic counter do you mean? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 16:16, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

It was requested that you shorten the hooks (I've done so for Kwapiński).--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 01:36, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Nice. Out of curiosity, why the interest in Kwapiński in particular? A relative? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 03:06, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Although it appears we missed the DYK deadline, don't worry. We can yet achieve greater things: there is the WP:GA, and daunting - but not impossible - WP:FA statuses, the latter of which offers the 24h main page exposure. The good thing about Wikipedia is that there is no hurry (other than in DYKs); and with time, all articles improve (and off Wiki, more sources become available). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 23:46, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Goodden, west approach.jpg

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