Diana He819

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Polistes versicolor image

Hi Diana. Thank you for your additions to wasp articles. I work with the Wiki Education Foundation, and part of my job is support editors like you with your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that you uploaded an image to Commons, File:Screen Shot 2014-10-16 at 10.01.10 AM.png, which you are using in your sandbox article about Polistes versicolor. Unfortunately, if you look at the actual license attached to that image, it's a Creative Commons non-commercial license, which is incompatible with Wikipedia's licensing requirements. (Note that the actual license is CC-NC +, where the + means that you have to ask if you want to use the image commercially. You may want to contact that the owner of the image to see if they might be willing to release it with a more open license. If so, please see c:Commons:OTRS for more information. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:29, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply.

This is one of the areas where copyright gets kind of funny. Using a non-commercial image on Wikipedia wouldn't violate the image copyright, but Wikipedia is designed to be free for anyone to reuse - even commercial users. As a result, 'only on Wikipedia' usage isn't allowed. Commons is meant to be even more stringent in its licensing because files on Commons can be reused by anyone. (On Wikipedia itself there are a limited set of conditions in which non-free material can actually be used - see WP:NFCC if you're interested in knowing more.) Hope this clarifies things a little. The biggest learning curve on Wikipedia tends to be related to copyright - it took me years here to figure out a lot of the nuances - and it stems from the fact that Wikipedia isn't just meant to be an encyclopaedia, it's meant to be a free encyclopaedia, and it has been a major player in the free and open source world. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:45, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Did you know...?

Thank you for your recent contribution to Polistes versicolor.

I wonder if you would like to consider submitting it as a candidate for the "Did you know...?" feature. DYKs (as they are commonly called) are short snippets taken from Wikipedia's newest articles and, if approved, appear on the Main Page. You can learn more about this at Wikipedia:Did you know.

Your article Polistes versicolor appears to meet the criteria for submission as a DYK, but would be greatly improved if you expanded the lead section to briefly summarize the main points of the article. You might also want to add additional wikilinks to other articles in Wikipedia. If you choose to submit a short (and interesting) fact from your article, please read the rules and the supplementary guidelines carefully. Please ask me if you have further questions.

According to the DYK tool, your article was created or expanded on October 16. DYKs must be nominated within 7 days of the creation or 5-fold expansion of the article, so if you choose to submit your article, please act quickly! Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:37, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Satchidananda Panda (April 25)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Wikiisawesome was: You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

• If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Satchidananda Panda and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
• If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk or on the reviewer's talk page.
• You can also get real-time chat help from experienced editors.

wia (talk) 20:15, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

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