User talk:TammiMagee

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[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, TammiMagee, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  IZAK 10:41, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 22 January 2007

Please do not remove content from Wikipedia, as you did to Talk:Jade Goody. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. — coelacan talk — 11:14, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Take a look at following edits: [1] [2] There is no way that those could be construed as libelous, or vandalism, or slurs. You should not have removed them. And this: [3] That editor was not being kind to you, but it was not a venomous attack. You should have responded by simply asking that editor to remain WP:CIVIL. The important thing to keep in mind is that talk pages, such as Talk:Jade Goody, are not held to the same standards as article pages, like Jade Goody. Some strong discussion goes on at talk pages, that you may not like. But that alone does not give you an excuse to remove it. As far as I am concerned, your edits look very much like vandalism. This one-time slip up is not going to get you in any trouble. If you don't do it again, all's well, just put it in the past and move on. — coelacan talk — 18:53, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Click on these links: [4] [5] [6] Those are your edits. Right up there on top, they've got your name on them: TammiMagee. Maybe someone else was using your computer while you were logged in? Maybe you forgot that you made those edits? I'm just telling you don't do it. And I'm "monitoring" you because another editor asked for help in dealing with your talk page removals. I am not concerned with any removal that you made from Jade Goody. Specifically this edit, [7] where you removed the "KKK" stuff, that's good, thank you. And you can reply to another user, as you did here: [8] although you were violating WP:CIVIL in return, that's not my main concern. The text you removed from the talk page was an unjustified removal. That's all. Don't do it again, okay? — coelacan talk — 14:42, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bono

Thanks for making that contribution and adding references! The reference should not only back up that statement, but also assert its notability to be mentioned. Happy editing! Chupper 16:18, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help

I saw your post on another editors page requesting help with userboxes. You might want to read through [9] which explains userboxes and at the bottoms has links to directories with different boxes and the such. Good luck! -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 14:54, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Add a {{ in front of each code and a }} at the end of each code. For example {{user British}} (which i got from here) should give you this
This user is proud to be British.

It is important to make sure that they are valid userboxes. If when you use the square brackets around them and it shows up as red, that is not a valid userbox. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 13:12, 21 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Adoption

Hello! I see your seeking adoption. If your still interested I'd me more then happy to answer your questions and help you out. You can respond back to this by leaving a message here. If you have decided that you no longer wish to be adopted, please remove the adoptee's userbox from your userpage. Thanks, hope to hear from you soon! Matthew Yeager 03:37, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Adoption Program

Hello again and welcome to the adoption program!

Please take some time to think about what you would like out of this program and what you can devote to it. After you have thought about this please message me on my talk page about which areas you would like to focus on. As well, if you are completely new or you are not sure, you can let me know that and I can give you a general overview. You will get as much as you put in with this program. If you would like me to be someone that you can ask questions to every once and a while, then thats who i'll be. Yet, if you wish to be in constant contact with me and have me go over your work with you each day or so, then thats who i will be. This is your choice, just please let me know :P

Also if you could please remove the adoptee userbox from your userpage so that others know you have been adopted. If you like you can replace it with this user box:

This user has been adopted by Matthew Yeager.

Thank you for your time, Matthew Yeager 13:48, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] editing

hello! how are you doing ?
do you happen to have any specific questions about any aspect of wikipedia ?
may i suggest that you take a look at the Manual of Style. this article is most everything you need to knwo about the format of writing an article. you need not read all of it, but know that its there so that you can quickly look up help. what interests do you have ? maybe we can edit some pages on things you like \ know alot about ? if you have any questions let me know! Matthew Yeager 06:04, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] fair usage

you have some choices. Wikipedia:Fair_use discusses what constitutes 'fair use' of a copyrighted image. if you follow the guild lines on that page (and below) it should be alright. On the other hand to tell if an image is public domain (pretty much if its not copyrighted) you can check out Wikipedia:Public domain. Matthew Yeager 13:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)


These legal doctrines, called "fair use" and "fair dealing", permit the use of copyrighted material under a restricted set of criteria. They are not a blanket permission for the unlimited use of text, images, and other copyrighted materials.

Non-free content may be used on the English Wikipedia under fair use only where all 10 of the following criteria are met. These criteria are based on the four fair-use factors, the goal of creating a free encyclopedia, and the need to minimize legal exposure.

  • 1. No free equivalent. Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would generally serve the same educational purpose. If non-free content can be transformed into free material, this is done instead of using a fair-use defense. Non-free content is always replaced with a freer alternative if one of acceptable quality is available. "Acceptable quality" means a quality sufficient to serve the encyclopedic purpose. (As a quick test, ask yourself: "Can this image be replaced by a different one, while still having the same effect?" If the answer is yes, then the image probably does not meet this criterion.)
  • 2. Respect for commercial interests. Non-free content is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original in the marketplace.
  • 3. Minimal use. As little non-free content as possible is used in an article. Short rather than long video and audio excerpts are used. Multiple items are not used if one will suffice.
  • 4. Resolution/fidelity. Low- rather than high-resolution/fidelity is used (especially where the original is of such high resolution/fidelity that it could be used for piracy). This rule includes the copy in the Image: namespace.
  • 5. Significance. Non-free content contributes significantly to an article (e.g., it identifies the subject of an article, or illustrates specific, relevant points or sections in the text); it does not serve a purely decorative purpose.
  • 6. Content. Non-free content meets general Wikipedia content requirements, and specifically, the media-specific policy.
  • 7. One-article minimum. Non-free content is used in at least one article.
  • 8. Restrictions on location. Non-free content is used only in article namespaces; it is never used on templates (including stub templates and navigation boxes) or on user pages. (To prevent an image category from displaying thumbnails, add to it; images are linked, not inlined, from talk pages when they are a topic of discussion.)
  • 9. Previous publication. Non-free content has been published outside Wikipedia.
  • 10. Image description page. The image or media description page contains the following.
  • (a) Proper attribution of the source of the material, and attribution of the copyright holder if different from the source.
  • (b) An appropriate fair-use tag indicating which Wikipedia policy provision permitting the use is claimed. A list of image tags is at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free content.
  • (c) The name of each article in which fair use is claimed for the item, and a fair use rationale for the item, as explained at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline. The rationale is presented in clear, plain language, and is relevant to the article.



I'll give you a more basic answer, less complete but simpler. An image may qualify as fair use if used...
  • To illustrate the object in question.
  • Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information.
An example might be a picture of a box of Cheerios. The box design/graphics is copyrighted and you can't copy the design for your new bargain breakfast cereal, Cheeperios, but you can use a low resolution image of the original box to illustrate the Cheerios article. The same 'fair use rationale' lets us use a low-resolution picture of the cover of a Harry Potter book or Star Wars video to illustrate those articles. One thing to remember about fair use is that fair use images can only be used on articles, you cannot use fair use images on user pages. If you have a specific image in mind, point a link to it and I'll take a look.--killing sparrows (chirp!) 14:25, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Wow. I just went to the Cheerios article and there is indeed an image of the box there, but the image is tagged 'public domain'! This is wrong. The person who took a picture of the box should have labelled it 'fair use'. Tammi, you can see that the various permissions for images are pretty complicated. if you have a specific image in mind it would be best to give us a link to it. There is also Wikipedia talk:Copyrights/Can I use... page if we can't find an answer. I hope this helps you. Cheers!--killing sparrows (chirp!) 14:34, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reply to question on GvilleCreative userpage

Hi TammiMagee! I am not sure how to "email" you back on Wikipedia so I hope you get this. If you get this reply, will you edit back this page so that I know that this worked or edit my page? Or if one of the Wikipedia editors/contributors/overseers read this, please let me know the best way to do this. I'm a newbie and even though I've searched and this is the best way from what I've seen.

In regards to the Brittany Murphy Page, I didn't delete anything-- really. I just added that sentence about her getting married and put a reference. Then I realized there was a more reliable (if people magazine can be considered reliable) reference, and so I edited my own reference. In reply to this statement: "I think you've only done it to get another edit on your contibutions list" I'm not quite sure what you mean. I've only edited one or two pages in the past 6 months, and that's because I thought it was something useful that I wished had been on the page. I'm not sure what the value would be of trying to get a long contribution list. I don't work for Wikipedia and there's no benefit to me for making edits (though I'm not sure if that's what you mean). I was just trying to be helpful.

I edited the page because I came here looking for the song that she sang (I thought it was with Moby not Oakenfold, so my searches on Google came up with nothing helpful). As I was reading I saw that there was no mention of her getting married, so I added it. It seemed pertinent to the page.

I just went back and looked at the History of the Brittany Murphy page. If you look there at my first edit to the page, at "curr", you'll see what I saw when I added the sentence: no reference to Brittany Murphy getting married, unless I'm reading the history page wrong- which is totally possible- like I said: I'm new :) Anyway, I think that the user "A Raider Like Indiana" deleted it. Maybe ask her?

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:GvilleCreative"

[edit] request

i'm looking into your request now.Matthew Yeager 13:09, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

i can defiantly see what you mean about how it was removed and added again. i would have to say it seems better that a date was used "May 2007" as opposed to "several weeks ago" as someone could come here a year from now and the article would still say several weeks ago... If the editor just added some stuff to your edit and then went that would be cool, but he did decide to delete it and then get a different source to make it look like his own ??? i'm not sure why he did that and i would agree that he may be trying to "up" his edit count. for this time, assume good faith and lets just hope the editor didnt mean to make it seem like he was being sneaky. Here at wiki, we always try to assume good faith at first... but if this happens again, let me know and i'll have to speak with him. good information added ! you did very well! also next time make sure you give a better edit summary. Matthew Yeager 22:33, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Comment: excuse me nosing in here too. I think User "A Raider Like Indiana" reverted your edit because you hadn't closed the "ref", and some text and headings were showing in the wrong place, see [10] - "Trivia" was displayed under "References". Refs have to start with <ref> and end with </ref> - the latter was missing from your edit. When you are editing, there is a <ref></ref> "button" that you can click, down below along with all the special characters etc. Hope this helps; if not, leave me a message! - Fayenatic london (talk) 23:44, 2 August 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fayenatic london (talk • contribs).

[edit] Zacarias Moussaoui

Hi Tammi, I'm sure you edited the article about Zacarias Moussaoui in good faith, but in fact you removed valid records of his court records which give evidence as to his state of mind. This is discussed on the article's Talk Page; it's sometimes worth looking on talk pages before making such edits. - Fayenatic london (talk) 22:31, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem! It's quite easy to undo the last edit. Click on the "history" tab at the top, then click the button "Compare selected versions". The screen will then show the latest version on the right and the previous on the left. After "Current revision" on the right is the word ("undo"); you can click this to go back one version. It may then prompt you to confirm the [[W{:ES|edit summary]] before saving.
If you ever need to go back more than one version, see Help:Reverting#How to revert. If it gets too confusing, you could just leave a message {{helpme}} here on your talk page and say what you want done. - Fayenatic london (talk) 12:34, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

ay, just wanted to see how you were doing and if you had any questions. been a while since we've talked, making sure you are doing well about wiki : ) MatthewYeager 08:26, 6 November 2007 (UTC)