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December 11

How do I add a picture to a page?

Do I just copy and paste it? Thanks! Ramister (talk) 03:31, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Ramister: No the image has to be uploaded. Where did you find this image? We take copyright very seriously here and unless it is a free image, or falls under the very narrow guidelines of non-free use, it can't be used. Note that every image you find on the Internet is copyrighted under a license we cannot use unless explicitly stated otherwise. --Majora (talk) 03:35, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

So your saying I can't add a picture to something (like my sandbox) without permission? Ramister (talk) 03:38, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Ramister: If you were to upload something without it that would be copyright infringement. So yeah, you can't just upload images without permission. Even for use in your sandbox. Sorry. --Majora (talk) 03:40, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If the license grants you permission to use it, then you can use it. There are many different image licenses. Some allow anyone to use the image with no need to give credit. Some don't allow you to do anything with it unless you pay the photographer. It might help if you told us what image you wanted to use. †dismas†|^(talk) 03:43, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Well, this is a picture of a person. Since it is a person, do I have to get their permission (or their parents even, since the person is under 18 years of age)? Ramister (talk) 03:44, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It depends. Who took the photo? Copyright generally lies with the photographer. You would need their permission. And they would have to prove said permission by filling out a release form and sending it in to our email response team. --Majora (talk) 03:46, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I ought to forget about it. This is all slightly confusing for a 13 year old. Ramister (talk) 03:48, 11 December 2016 (UTC) Hey, I just thought of something. Since this image is on facebook, is it free to use? Ramister (talk) 03:51, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, copyright is automatic from the moment of creation and just because you post it online doesn't void that copyright. Facebook images are still copyrighted and can't be used without a release. --Majora (talk) 03:54, 11 December 2016

What if it is a picture from Wikipedia, is it free? Ramister (talk) 03:24, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If it has been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons it ought to be free, as that is what Commons is for. If it has been uploaded locally to the English Wikipedia, you need to look at the licencing conditions; it may have been loaded under Non-free content criteria, which require a comprehensive justification for each page on which the image is used. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:14, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I created a duplicate without realizing. Now what?

Hi, so I just now finished working on Atlantic (1848), but I somehow missed seeing the existing, much shorter article PS Atlantic at any point in the process. Would it be alright to request a history merge in this case? Should I just copy and paste my text to the existing article? What would be best here? Howicus (Did I mess up?) 04:07, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Howicus: You were the only author on the new page so you can just copy and paste what you wrote into the old one and request G7. Or just turn which one is less likely to be searched for into a redirect. Either way will work. --Majora (talk) 04:20, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Majora:, thanks for the help. I redirected PS Atlantic to Atlantic (1848) since, although it later became standard, none of the sources I used included the prefix PS. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 04:47, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Since the most likely search term is just "Atlantic", I added Atlantic (1848) to Atlantic (disambiguation). -Arch dude (talk) 06:14, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I also changed the "Atlantic" redirect page to point to the disambiguation page instead to the ocean. This will cause a bit of an uproar, but will also direct the attention of the dab fixers to check that all of the "Atlantic" links go to the correct page. -Arch dude (talk) 06:14, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Agha

Agha also acted in Gujarati Flim: Akhand Saubhagyavati] .. Directed by Mamhar Raskaoor and a song was very famous "jat jao chandan har lavo ghunghat nahi kholu re" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.151.178.125 (talk) 07:22, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This sounds like something you could add to the article Agha (actor), with suitable references of course. Or if you're not confident to do that, you could add the suggestion at the Talk page for that article, which is at Talk:Agha (actor). --Gronk Oz (talk) 10:43, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

December 2016

Hello, I am getting a frustrating message that "Caution:replication lag is high, changes newer than 1500 minutes may not be shown" on the edit counter site https://tools.wmflabs.org. What is this and how to remove it? Are the edits being counted in such a situation? Please someone help me!!Jayabilla (talk) 11:36, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Jayabilla: There are many edit counters and other tools at https://tools.wmflabs.org/?list. I assume you refer to https://tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec. It means what it says. At the time you saw that message, edits made in the last 1500 minutes (25 hours) may not be shown or included in the count by that tool. There is nothing you can do except come back later or try another edit counter. The xTools are often down or have problems. The edits will be included in the count later. Your own edit count can quickly be seen at Special:Preferences. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:40, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: Thank you for clearing my query.Jayabilla (talk) 17:32, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oops

I edited something on Wikipedia and pressed save changes and now i don't know what it said. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keirlawson04 (talk • contribs) 16:24, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Keirlawson04 and welcome to Wikipedia. This is not a big deal. Just go to the top of the current, or any wikipeida page and click on contributions. This will show you everything that you have done. You can click on "prev" to see the difference in the version between your edit and what was there before. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:28, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Keirlawson04: Your edit [1] removed some apparent vandalism. That was good but it would have been much better if you had clicked the "View history" tab, seen all the vandalism in [2] and reverted the whole edit. I have done that now. If it was also you who made the original edit before creating an account then it sounds like a good faith mistake. Thanks for trying to fix it and report it here. If you click "Save changes" then the edit immediately becomes part of the live encyclopedia displayed to readers. This surprises some people. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:51, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Keirlawson04: You can also click Contributions in the upper right corner and see every (undeleted) change you've made. RJFJR (talk) 21:50, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

pdf file

I have been expanding an article on the Greater long-nosed armadillo. Putting "Dasypus kappleri" in Google got me 8660 hits of which the ninth is a pdf file - "Indigenous knowledge about the greater long-nosed armadillo ...". I have made use of this source in the article but cannot find a suitable url to use in the citation. Can you help? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:17, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why not http://xenarthrans.org/resources/newsletter/Fleck&Voss_Indigenous%20knowledge%20about%20the%20greater%20long-nosed%20armadillo.pdf ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Biddulph (talk • contribs) 19:25, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:54, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Brooksbank baronets

I think it is wrong to have the name "Jack Stamp Brooksbank" in BOLD. There are many Brooksbank men referred to in the article - not just this chap. Please help fix if needed. Thanks User:Srbernadette User talk:Srbernadette

I removed the bolding. (Oddly enough by invoking wp:Be bold)). RJFJR (talk) 21:46, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

XFactor Matt Terry

Why does it say on the wiki page for XFactor Matt Terry that he won the XFactor 2016 when the vote hasn't closed yet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.63.19.155 (talk) 21:28, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.itv.com/xfactor/news/matt-terry-wins-x-factor-2016 on the official site says he won. Do you have a source saying the winner shouldn't be known yet? PrimeHunter (talk) 22:07, 11 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

At the time of the IPs posting, the result was not known. -- AxG / ✉ / 10 years of editing 09:52, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]