User talk:Heartoftheworld88

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Help me!

Please help me with... formatting references properly. I want to name the references, instead of having clunky links. Can't figure that out. Thanks! ````

Heartoftheworld88 (talk) 10:55, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

WP:REFB (in particular Section 3.1) will do a lot better job of explaining than I can (and saves me the typing) but I'll give you the brief rundown. Most references should use a citation template such as {{cite web}} or {{cite book}}. The refToolbar (see REFB) will allow you to insert the information and properly format everything, but otherwise just check out the template pages themselves to see how to manually add them.

If you want to use a reference multiple times, you need to "name" it. This is done by adding a "name" parameter to the <ref>...</ref> tags. For example, if I had a source from the New York Times, I might name the ref <ref group="NYTimes">...</ref>. This allows me, the next time I use that reference, to insert <ref group="NYTimes" /> into the text by itself (note the / before the >).

When naming references it's always best to be short yet specific, as very long ref names will clutter up the text. Hope this helps! If you want more help, stop by the Teahouse, Wikipedia's live help channel, or the help desk to ask someone for assistance. Primefac (talk) 14:26, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

@Theirusername:

@REFB: Thanks very much for this, and as well for fixing my references. Greatly appreciated. Will check the links you mentioned. Heartoftheworld88 (talk) 15:06, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Help replacing a photograph

Hello all,

Can someone help please? I have just taken the trouble to get permission and I've uploaded a GREAT photo, here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Section_of_the_Oran_Mor_ceiling_mural_by_Alasdair_Gray.jpg#filelinks

It's explained in the licensing information: I have the consent of the photographer to use this image to replace a poor quality one in the Alasdair Gray article. The problem is, I can't figure out how to do that. Can someone help me please? Thanks!

Heartoftheworld88 (talk) 13:35, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

This non-free media file should be replaced with a reduced version to comply with Wikipedia's non-free content policy and United States copyright law. A manual reduction has been requested. According to Wikipedia's policy for non-free content, the amount of copyrighted work used under fair use should be as little as possible. In particular, non-free media on Wikipedia should not be usable as substitutes for the original work. A high-resolution non-free image is questionable fair use and may be deleted per Wikipedia's copyright policy.

The size of an image may be reduced manually in an image editing program or by saving and re-uploading a suitably sized thumbnail.

Once a reduced version of this file has been uploaded: Please replace this template with {{subst:orfurrev}} (through source edit) or {{Orphaned non-free revisions|date=1 November 2024}} (through VisualEditor or Twinkle).

Heartoftheworld88 (talk)

Orphaned non-free image File:Section of the Oran Mor ceiling mural by Alasdair Gray.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Section of the Oran Mor ceiling mural by Alasdair Gray.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:47, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Deletion pending for File:Lanark book cover lithograph (1981).jpg

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