User talk:Mag-Linders

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Lestyn Davies

Thanks for this excellent article! A few points:

Just add it at "Lestyn Davies" rather than "Lestyn Davies, countertenor"; it makes finding it easier. If there's already someone else with the same name we use "Lestyn Davies (countertenor)"
It's rather important that you properly cite your sources. If you need any help with that, give me a poke on my talk page.

Any other questions, give me a shout. Thanks for choosing to contribute to Wikipedia :). Ironholds (talk) 12:18, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Just finding my way through using Wikipedia... hope this reply reaches you. Thanks for the guidance tips. BTW it's Iestyn with an I for India, not Lestyn with an L for lovely. Should I remove the link to Iestyn's official website? Rgds, maglinders 12:32, 15 July 2010 (UTC) Mag

Ooh, my bad; that move was me. I'll go fix it now. The official website link should be fine, it's standard practice. Also, remember to sign your talkpage posts by putting ~~~~ at the end, otherwise I get very confused trying to work out who said what :P. Ironholds (talk) 12:54, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! You may find all my wibble on your own talk page as well. Please forgive a know-nothing try-hard! :-) maglinders 12:56, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Hah, we were all know-nothings at some point! I spent the first two years doing nothing but categorising articles. Ironholds (talk) 14:17, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File copyright problem with File:Iestyn_Davies037_1-300H.jpg

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Hello I have stated in the details of the image (when I uploaded it) that it is the copyright property of Iestyn Davies (the subject of both the image and the Wikipedia page on which it appears) and of the photographer Macro Borggreve who was commissioned by Iestyn Davies to make the portrait. It is a publicity portrait which made available for general and unrestricted use by Iestyn Davies for whom I act as webmaster on his official website, where copyright attributions are stated for the public record. maglinders 13:51, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

I have now also added copyright information in the template/form. maglinders 21:17, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Verification needed?

No idea how to verify further. All info given at Iestyn Davies is not opinion but historical-factual, in the public domain and therefore verifiable by enquiry at, e.g., performance venues, to which inline links are given in every case. Challenge to any data here is not anticipated as to do so would be otiose.

See WP:REF. For example, where you have a lot of external links in the actual text, there should be none. Rather, if you are referencing a sentence, use an inline citation at the end of a sentence. "inline" refers to "within the prose", but not "within the actual text"; they should be hidden using that tagging mechanism and appear only as [1], [2], et al.Ironholds (talk) 16:11, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Much better :). However, a lot of content is still uncited; "Ottone in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea for both Zürich Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. In Handel's Partenope he has sung Arsace for New York City Opera and Armindo for English National Opera. He has sung Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Houston Grand Opera, Apollo in Britten's Death in Venice for English National Opera and Hamor in Handel's Jephtha for Welsh National Opera and for Opéra National de Bordeaux." has no references, for example. An additional point is that you should not include external links in the text. I'd suggest removing the external links and the people and places they cover, since it's currently a bit too extensive. Ironholds (talk) 20:20, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

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Replaceable fair use File:Iestyn_Davies037_1-300H.jpg

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Alastair Miles (October 2)

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Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:35, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Mag-Linders, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering or curious about why your article submission was declined please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there!

Talkback

Hello, Mag-Linders. You have new messages at Pol430's talk page.
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Pol430 talk to me 18:48, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at AfC Alastair Miles was accepted

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Pol430 talk to me 16:09, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:Alastair Miles, opera singer, portrait by Russell Duncan.jpg

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