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[edit] Bobby Driscoll

Hi. You are mistaken. If you read the edit history of the article correctly, you are in fact self-reverting your own edits. There is no bot called Bylot - that is your own unique username.

I notice you are using Twinkle. Try disabling this and having another go. I have heard about problems regarding the use of certain Wikimedia tools, and won't touch them myself. I suspect TW is the root cause. Best wishes and good luck with the article. Watch the peacock terms though. Ref (chew)(do) 08:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Further advice

Hi. I noticed you have a complete test article on your user page, which you have marked down as "Please do not edit". That's a red rag to a bull, and some bright vandal is going to start on it somewhen in the future I fear. Why not do what I did when constructing Oliver Golding? You are allowed to create user sub-pages for this purpose - mine was User:Refsworldlee/Oliver Golding. It's a redlink now because, when I had finished the article and put it into mainspace, I asked an admin for a deletion of that sub-page. This method of tinkering with possible, or infant, articles has the added advantage of not necessarily being known about, as long as you don't provide a link to it anywhere. Best wishes. Ref (chew)(do) 14:45, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Oops. You have created a mainspace page called Bylot/Bobby Driscoll. This will have to be deleted. You needed to create a page called something else. I suggest you do that, and I will tag the mistaken page for deletion by admin. User sub-pages are allowed but mainspace sub-pages are not. Thanks. Ref (chew)(do) 15:14, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello,

thanks a lot for your precious help. It's good to have someone to address possibly occuring problems or questions, and don't worry: I won't bother or even pester you. I'm writing this article on Bobby with help from an experienced co-writer from Minnesota (the one who wrote the biographic essay on www.bobbydriscoll.net) and who I asked to proofread my drafts and correct especially my punctuation, since I am German (I hope this doesn't mind.) But he's quite a poet and skilled in more narrative than in encyclopedic, so pure factual writing, - as I was, before I decided to risk this adventure, called: Wikipedia. That's why so many "peacocks" and "weasels" were/are (still) hidden in the text. And of course feel free to call my attention on such things. Best regards --Bylot (talk) 15:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem. It's not pestering. Anytime you want help, you just post to my talk page. Good luck with it. Ref (chew)(do) 15:50, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello again. I have been to Bobby Driscoll today to sort out formalities such as exactly where references should be placed, to find the correct article linking to avoid as many redlinks as possible, and to correct minor spelling and grammar. I think the article is definitely B-Class now, but we are not allowed to assess higher than that. You now need to take this article to Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/A-class review if you want a higher rating. However, I think it is not yet there - I have tweaked many things today, but not up to A-Class standard. Your other option is to seek a peer review, where your article will be discussed, and the necessary improvements identified. Unfortunately, I don't contribute to these reviews, but good luck with it. Thanks. Ref (chew)(do) 18:08, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image source problem with Image:Bobby1967.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading Image:Bobby1967.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 13:59, 17 May 2008 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Stifle (talk) 13:59, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Bobby1956.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading Image:Bobby1956.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Sdrtirs (talk) 23:20, 24 May 2008 (UTC)