User talk:DanTappan

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!!!

Hello DanTappan! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. You may also push the signature button located above the edit window. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. This is considered an important guideline in Wikipedia. Even a short summary is better than no summary. Below are some pages to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! -- MECU≈talk 14:54, 5 February 2007 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page The five pillars of Wikipedia Manual of Style Be bold in editing How to write a great article WikiProjects Getting your info out there Cite your sources Neutral Point of View Point of View Verifiability Uploading images Image use policy Getting more Wikipedia rules Policy Library Getting Help New contributors' help page Where to ask a question Help Desk Frequently Asked Questions Getting along Wikiquette Civility Sign your posts Wikipedians Conflict resolution Getting technical Cleaning up vandalism Pages needing attention Peer review Utilities Village pump

[edit] Adoption Request

Hi. I see you have requested adoption and I am seeking to adopt. Please take a look at my userpage and see if I am a good fit to be your mentor. If you agree to be adopted by me, then let me know on my talk page by clicking the "+" symbol at the top of the page and letting me know. If not, I would still be glad to answer any questions you have at any time. Welcome to Wikipedia! --MECU≈talk 15:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Great! I've changed the template on your userpage. To get started, I'd like you to answer some questions as I think they will allow me to better direct you (there are no wrong answers, you'll get 100% if you answer them all!):

1. What you want to get out of adoption?
2. What you want to accomplish here at Wikipedia?
3. What you like to do here on Wikipedia?
4. What are your problems at Wikipedia?
5. If you have any specific problems or questions I can answer now.

1. I'm hoping to avoid making mistakes involving Wikipedia "culture". I don't want to waste my time getting involved in Wikipedia edit wars. I'd like a resource to go to both when I'm not sure of the right way to do things, and to figure out the right way to correct a mistake, or resolve an issue.
2. Provide input on pages where I either have personal knowledge/interests (e.g. folk music) or professional knowledge (e.g. Multiprotocol Label Switching or Routing Protocols).
3. Not quite sure what this is asking. "Get information" would be my first answer.
4. None yet, other than figuring out all the cultural assumptions in changing content.
5. Two immediate questions:
   1. Is this is the right way to respond to something like this, i.e. editing in the responses inline on my Talk page? If so, is there a formating code that allows inserting indented text into a numbered list w/o breaking the numbering. IOW, when I first tried responding I interwove the responses below each of your questions, but that caused the numbering to restart at (1).
   2. I'm trying to understand the requirements for uploading images. Should images be only uploaded by the image owner, or is it ok to have a documented copyright authorization. For example, if I wanted to add an image to a band web site, and got permission to use one of their press photos, would that be ok, or would the band (owner) need to do the upload?

DanTappan 17:16, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Please feel free to contact me at any time for any reason. AIM information is on my user page and I'm on the IRC channels if you want to contact me that way. You can't bug me enough. Any "little" thing you want to know or have a problem with, I will be happy to answer; if I don't know the answer, I know people who will. Again, welcome to Wikipedia! --MECU≈talk 14:16, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I've dropped you from the adoption program because you are inactive (1 edit in 6 weeks). You are most certainly welcome to stay or even rejoin the adoption program, but you should be a little more active. In response to your questions above:

The "right" way to respond to talk page comments is to goto the other user's talk page, unless you state on your talk page that you will respond here (some do this, but not many). Anyone can upload any image. That is, you don't need to be the owner to upload the image. However, the copyright holder should be known, a source always given. You also said "received permission" to use the image on Wikipedia. We don't just want images, we want free images. You should follow WP:COPYREQ for requesting licensing from third parties. It is important to get an email stating the specific license they want (such as "GFDL-self"). Good luck, and if you decide to become more active, I'd be happy to adopt you again, or just answer questions you have. --MECU≈talk 13:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:GMSCoDSuddenlyItsChristmas.png

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 18:12, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:GMSCoDFRFF06CDCover.png

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:GandalfMurphy-TheGreatUnravelCover.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:GMSCoDRoRFestCDCover.png

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Ancestors-BrigadoonCover.jpg

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[edit] Ancient Murphy Greatest Hits of the 20th Century Vol. 1

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[edit] March 2008

Please do not remove speedy deletion notices from pages you have created yourself. Please use the {{hangon}} template on the page instead if you disagree with the deletion. Thank you. CWii_{(Talk|Contribs)} 01:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

That was an automated bot notice caused by the fact that I uploaded the album cover image before saving out the associated album page. The fair use information was otherwise correct, or at least it was in a format which I believe follows the guidelines and has been accepted for other album covers. As such I don't believe it was a legitimate 'speedy deletion' notice and adding the 'hangon' template would simply create unnecessary review work. DanTappan (talk) 02:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)