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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:NewtComputer.jpg
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[edit] Fair use images
Hi. I note that you have a number of fair use images on your user page. Please note that such images may not be used on user pages, only in articles within the Wikipedia "main space" - please could you remove these? Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, CLW 23:13, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Image:William Kresse.jpg original?
Hi Red Alien. Since you are the creator of Image:William Kresse.jpg, do you think you could upload the original image? It is always better to have the source image for any future modifications or uses. Also, having the image in color would be more encyclopedic; why strip out color information from the image? You can overwrite Image:William Kresse.jpg by uploading the original with the same name. Thanks! ~MDD4696 16:59, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 4, August 2006
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Despite it being the lead news article of last month, there is still help required in the assessing of articles and the migrating of comments. Lar is willing to provide assistance to those unsure how to do this.
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Here. --Bill Du Talk 02:23, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 5, September 2006
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The featured article status of The Beatles was revoked.
A month of slow progress and some amazing efforts. Still need help getting comments shifted. Don't forget to log your accomplishments! If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 006 – October 2006). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
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[edit] Help!
Is it "wrong" to contribute to Wikipedia's of other languages by getting the information in English, translating it (on an Internet translator, specifically), and writing it in that article? Red Alien Nothing is Real. 21:37, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
- Translating using an internet translator will likely get you garbage. Internet translators work literally word-by-word, which is not how actual translation works. So you should avoid doing this. For example, from the Wikipedia article, this text:
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- Wikipedia is a Web-based free-content multilingual encyclopedia project. It exists as a wiki, a website that allows any visitor to freely edit its content. The name Wikipedia is a portmanteau of the words wiki and encyclopedia. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers, allowing most articles to be changed by almost anyone with access to the website. Wikipedia's main servers are in Tampa, Florida, the United States, with additional servers in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Seoul, South Korea.
- Translated into and then back out of Japanese becomes this text:
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- Wikipedia is project of the WEB based free contents multi language encyclopedias. As for that wiki, it is made the web sight which makes that the visitor compiles contents freely possible. First-rate Wikipedia is word wiki and portmanteau of the encyclopedia. Wikipedia is written cooperating due to the volunteer, in order even with with most someone of access to the web sight to change, most articles do. As for the principal server of Wikipedia the tamper where the addition server of Amsterdam has been attached, Florida and the United States, are ネザーランド and Seoul and south Korea.
- As you can see, not very helpful. So you probably want to refrain from translation other than with languages you actually know. - Che Nuevara 21:44, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 6, October 2006
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The lead article of the Project recently lost its FA status, and now some of the other articles are being reviewed. Citations and references within articles are again the major concern. Contributors who have literature (books, magazines, links, etc.) are especially needed to provide the necessary citations. It is not enough for editors to know the facts; they need to be backed up by other sources. All help, both within the articles and the discussion, would be appreciated.
If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 007 – November 2006). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Come back, Kingboyk! The children miss you!
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[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 7, November 2006
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Again, the issue of the month is inline citations. A Day in the Life, A Hard Day's Night (song), and Get Back have all been defeatured, as they failed to satisfy criterion 1(c) of What is a featured article?, and other song FAs are due for the chopping block. Inline citations are an important aspect of articles—they ensure verifiability and reliability, and they remove original research. Additionally, they give readers the option to read the original source material and view it within context. Basically:
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Wherever possible, editors should help to trim down on list-like prose within Beatles articles. They should convert list-like sections into fluent, cohesive prose which ties an article's sections together. Lists make articles disjointed, awkward, and difficult to read. Be sure to take part in the Featured Article drive, and don't forget those inline citations! If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 008 – December 2006). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
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[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 8, December 2006
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Wikipedia's standards are improving all the time, with the result that many articles in The Beatles Wikiproject are being nominated for review of their FA and GA status - and many are losing that accolade. It is difficult, with such a large number of articles and the ease with which editors may make changes which are detrimental, to maintain the standard of articles, let alone improve them. As ever, members efforts are both appreciated and needed to keep the Project on course.
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If one is to be mercenary about the subject, it should be noted that Paul McCartney is going to be more noteworthy than usual in the near future as his divorce case comes to court. In that case it is great to note that a small group of Project Members (plus another individual who does not feel compelled to register himself despite important contributions) have worked very hard, and in an atmosphere of good humour, to take the McCartney piece to a succesful Good Article nomination. Perhaps this is the method to use for future articles, a small dedicated team concentrating on one subject at a time. Of course, all members are invited to join any existing group or even go about forming their own. Please note any such action in the Project Log. If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 009 – January 2007). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
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[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 9, January 2007
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The question of capitalising of the letter "t" in The of The Beatles has been raised again. It appears that UK style references (here and here) also maintains that the letter should be in lower case. If the Project is to be appear professional then it may have to change the format. Polite discussion is invited at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The Beatles/Policy. If possible, please provide sources/references to support your position.
It has been a fairly quiet time with regard to the Project (or at least that is how it seems). If you are reading this and wondering why your efforts in respect of a Beatles article has not been mentioned, it may be that you haven't told any editor. This is your Newsletter, which means you can contribute to it, so please do! If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 010 – January/February 2007). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing!
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Hi there!!!!
This may be the LAST The Beatles project newsletter you receive!
Why? Because we believe you are inactive or possibly inactive. If you want to move yourself back to active, and get copies going forward, please remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Outreach/Newsletter/PossiblyInactive and add yourself to Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Outreach/Newsletter/Active. Thanks for your interest in the project. This may be the last notice you will receive, it depends on whim. ++Larbot - run by User:Lar - t/c 20:33, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 10, February 2007
Hi. You are not receiving The Beatles project newsletter because we believe you are inactive. Click the link in the title, above, to see it. If you want to move yourself back to active, and get copies again, please remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Outreach/Newsletter/Inactive and add yourself to Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Outreach/Newsletter/Active Thanks for your interest in the project. This is probably the last notice you will receive. ++Larbot - run by User:Lar - t/c 02:22, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Image tagging for Image:SSBB_Snake.jpg
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[edit] News Time
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This has been a tumultuous month for the project yet again. We need your input on how the project should work and what it's role should be. And we need to start getting Featured Articles, folks! :)
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[edit] Wikipedia New York Meet-Up
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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:9-Volt.jpg
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[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:ImpaOcarina.jpg)
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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:SSBB Snake.jpg)
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[edit] WikiProject The Beatles
Your user name is on the “Inactive, or have just popped out for a cup of tea...” list on the Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles page. You can move it back to the “Participants” list if you feel this is not the case. :) -- WikiProject The Beatles 15:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Image:KatAna.jpg
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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:DribbleSpitz.jpg)
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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:2D Gorillaz DemonDays.PNG
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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:2D Gorillaz DemonDays.PNG)
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