User talk:Ocdp09

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1 Welcome!
2 Edit summaries
3 License tagging for Image:Boruc.jpg
4 License tagging for Image:Adam Kokoszka.jpg
5 Image copyright problem with Image:Wisla.jpg
6 License tagging for Image:JagielloniaLogo.gif
7 Image copyright problem with Image:Zurawski.jpg

[edit] Welcome!

Hello, Ocdp09, Welcome to Wikipedia!

I hope you like working here and want to continue. If you need help on how to name new articles, look at the Guide to Layout, and for help on formatting the pages visit the Manual of Style. If you need general help, look at Help and the FAQ, and if you can't find your answer there, check the Village Pump (for Wikipedia related questions) or the Reference Desk (for general questions). There's still more help at the Tutorial and the Policy Library. Also, don't forget to visit the Community Portal — and if you have any more questions after that, feel free to post them on my New-Users' Talk Page.

Additional tips:

Here are some extra tips to help you get around Wikipedia:

If you want to play around with your new Wiki skills, try the Sandbox.
Click on the Edit button on a page, and look at how other editors did what they did.
Always give a short explanation of your edits in the edit-summary box.
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You might want to add yourself to the New User Log
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Full details on Wikipedia style can be found in the Manual of Style.

Happy editing!

--Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 11:59, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summaries

The point about edit summaries above is important; it's regarded as a courtesy to other editors to say what you've done (and why). Long explanations can be placed at articles' Talk pages. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 11:59, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 18:47, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Boruc.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Boruc.jpg. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.