User talk:Mritch999

May 2018

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AfC notification: User:Mritch999/sandbox has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at User:Mritch999/sandbox. Thanks! Theroadislong (talk) 14:36, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright issues

Hi there,

I wanted to call particular note to the copyright concern in the AFC helpdesk answer you got.

Currently there isn't sufficient detail on your uploaded photo to confirm that wikimedia has the right to use the photo, so it may be deleted in a week.

The picture appears to be from a US newspaper printed in 1948. This means there are two likely options: either the newspaper didn't renew its copyright, in which case it's in the public domain, or it did, in which case it still has it and it can't be used. Checking this can be a bit fiddly - there's a few guides on the web like this one (see "how to check copyright status"), but you'll need to decide your willingness to check for it. For the experts on helping with wikipedia and copyright, have a look at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions Nosebagbear (talk) 19:37, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Mritch999, and welcome to Wikipedia. While we appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from sources to avoid copyright and plagiarism issues.

You can only copy/translate a small amount of a source, and you must mark what you take as a direct quotation with double quotation marks (") and cite the source using an inline citation. You can read about this at Wikipedia:Non-free content in the sections on "text". See also Help:Referencing for beginners, for how to cite sources here.
Aside from limited quotation, you must put all information in your own words and structure, in proper paraphrase. Following the source's words too closely can create copyright problems, so it is not permitted here; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing. (There is a college-level introduction to paraphrase, with examples, hosted by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue.) Even when using your own words, you are still, however, asked to cite your sources to verify the information and to demonstrate that the content is not original research.
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Also note that Wikipedia articles may not be copied or translated without attribution. If you want to copy or translate from another Wikipedia project or article, you must follow the copyright attribution steps in Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate. See also Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 20:13, 31 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please don’t delete my page

I will work on cleaning up the quotations. Mritch999 (talk) 22:29, 31 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This is my first article and I need help

Can you please help me? I cited all my sources in MLA format. Is that wrong? Mritch999 (talk) 23:13, 31 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: John Manley Barnett (November 3)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted because it included copyrighted content, which is not permitted on Wikipedia.

Wikipedia cannot accept material copied from elsewhere, unless it explicitly and verifiably has been released to the world under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license or into the public domain and is written in an acceptable tone—this includes material that you own the copyright to. You should attribute the content of a draft to outside sources, using citations, but copying and pasting or closely paraphrasing sources is not acceptable. The entire draft should be written using your own words and structure. Note to reviewers: do not leave copyright violations sitting in the page history. Please follow the instructions here.

You are welcome to write an article on the subject, but please do not use copyrighted work.

Draft:John Manley Barnett may be deleted at any time unless the copied text is removed. Copyrighted work cannot be allowed to remain on Wikipedia.
If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page. or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

-- RoySmith (talk) 22:12, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the guidance below:

When you write about a person, you must provide independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that they meet the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the person or an associated organisation, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the person claims or interviewing them. Note that references should be in-line so we can tell what fact each is supporting, and should not be bare urls.
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Please look at a proper biography like Pamela C. Rasmussen so that you have some idea of what text and references should look like instead of dumping unformatted text and hoping for the best.

Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:57, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Mritch999

A tag has been placed on User:Mritch999 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

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Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because... (your reason here) --Mritch999 (talk) 11:56, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I just replaced the old bio with a shorter one.

My draft article on John Manley Barnett

Hi. I was just wondering how long it will take before it goes live. Thanks Mritch999 (talk) 13:11, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:John Manley Barnett has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:John Manley Barnett. Thanks! -- RoySmith (talk) 21:47, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I took the photos off. Can you publish it now? Mritch999 (talk) 22:45, 25 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve John Manley Barnett

Hello, Mritch999,

Thank you for creating John Manley Barnett.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

Remove the overly descriptive language to shorten this article by making it more concise.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|FULBERT}}. And, don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~. For broader editing help, please visit the Teahouse.

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FULBERT (talk) 19:00, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

February 2020

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Whiplash (2014 film), without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. 4TheWynne (talk • contribs) 01:27, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Jerry Folsom

Hello, Mritch999. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Jerry Folsom".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 20:14, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]