User talk:Resetti 4 Prez

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Resetti 4 Prez, 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 ask your question there. Again, welcome! - Ahunt (talk) 12:06, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Userboxes

Welcome to the Userbox project! Your best place to start learning how to make userboxes is probably Wikipedia:Userboxes. Drop me a note if you need more help! _ Ahunt (talk) 12:06, 22 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Resetti 4 Prez. I noticed that you are seeking to be adopted, and I am more than happy to accept your offer. I have been on Wikipedia for almost two years and have been able to gain both basic and advanced knowledge of Wikipedia Markup Language (the way you type to make userboxes and templates) as well as many basic and advanced Wikipedia guidelines. If there is anything you are willing to ask, then I'll be more than happy to answer your questions. I will also make suggestions on editing style and fact reliability to ensure that you know your way around. I hope to hear from you soon! ♦Leo-Roy 19:48, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures in userboxes

Hi R4P: Nice to hear from you. It sounds like you are doing some design work! There is a pretty good explanation of all aspects of making a userbox at Wikipedia:Userboxes#Constructing_a_userbox, but it is a bit complex. If you want to see an example of how to incorporate an image, have a look at this example of one of mine. The place where it says "Image:Quadracycle7011A.jpg" is the actual image. You can use any image that is uploaded to Wikipedia or Commons. Please keep in mind that you have to use non-copyright images in userboxes as they are not "fair use" under US law. Any image that you find on Commons or that you upload yourself and mark as a free image can therefore be used.

If you need more help let me know! - Ahunt (talk) 13:08, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again - thanks for your question. The edit your are wondering about is this one carried out by the BJBot. The bot removed your use of the SNL logo in that edit. The link in its edit summary Wikipedia:NFCC#9 actually explains why it removed the image: "Restrictions on location. Non-free content is allowed only in articles (not disambiguation pages), and only in article namespace, subject to exemptions." Essentially you can only use free images in your userboxes or lettering. The SNL logo, like most TV show and corporate logos is copyrighted. Copyrighted images can only be used in Wikipedia under the "fair use" provisions of US copyright law. This means that they are only legal to be used to illustrate the article on SNL and are actually illegal copyright violations if they are used on user pages , including in userboxes. That is why there is a bot that goes around and looks for illegal copyrighted images on users pages and deletes them! The solution is to either make your own free images up and upload them yourself or to do as you have done so and use lettering instead. I hope that all makes sense? If you feel free to leave me more questions! - Ahunt (talk) 00:54, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Signature Help

Signatures aren't completely hard once you get the hang of bold text templates and color templates. What I did to master them was to find a talk page message from somebody with a custom signature, clicking the "edit" button and looking at the code to find out how to use codes and what they look like. Just do that without changing the page, and navigate away so you don't accidentally change something. And make sure you don't steal the same signature.

Another thing you could do is read Wikipedia:Signatures#Customizing_your_signature. Feel free to ask me questions if you're confused or need help with something. To reach my talk page quickly, just click the "Roy!" part of my signature, and that will bring you straight to my talk page. Leo-Roy!^{review me} 21:13, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]