CousinJohn

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Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username 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! Image Screening Bot (talk) 02:05, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

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File copyright problem with File:040106peyer-mug.jpg

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Image Screening Bot (talk) 02:05, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

© Copyright 2009 The San Diego Union-Tribune, LLC right there where you got it; file deleted. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:53, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

About copyrights on Wikipedia

Thanks for making the effort to add images to Wikipedia. I know that there's a lot to learn, and it can be difficult to know how to start. Since you mentioned taking the image from a magazine, the copyright belongs to the original photographer or the magazine, and it is probably not covered by a free license. (In order for something to have a free license, the photographer or magazine would have to have specifically decided to use one, and specifically posted or communicated it somehow. Just the fact that it's on the Internet for anyone to see is not enough). In general, Wikipedia cannot host or use this kind of image. In limited circumstances, we can use images under "fair use," but the rules are pretty strict. Basically, you would have to make an argument that this particular image is so important that it should get an exception from the general rules. The best option is to use freely licensed images. If you have a connection with the magazine or the photographer, you could try asking them for a free license. --Amble (talk) 23:20, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

It's probably best not to use the term "fair use" when talking about Wikipedia's non-free content criteria. Fair use has a specific meaning in US copyright law and using it in relation to Wikipedia's policy just adds to the confusion. – ukexpat (talk) 20:20, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

How can I learn where copy editing is required?

I can straighten out grammar, re-word sentences for clarity, etc. But I've only fixed what I ran into by sheer coincidence. Do editors have a way to request help with copy editing?

They certainly do - have a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors, who will welcome you with open arms. JohnCD (talk) 16:49, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

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Creating your userpage

I've just seen your question on the Help Desk about creating userpages, and I had two comments that I hope will help: (1) You may be interested in adding a German-language userbox to your userpage (it's a little thing similar to the Guild of Copy Editors notice that you've already added); simply type {{user de-1}}, {{user de-2}}, {{user de-3}}, {{user de-4}}, {{user de-5}}, or {{user de-N}} (click them first, so you can know what they'll show; the bigger the number, the better of a speaker that it says you are, and N = native speaker) where you currently have the bit about speaking German. (2) Pages of all types can be created simply by going to the page, entering text, and clicking "save". A good way to go to the nonexistent page is to find a red link (or create a red link yourself, such as by going to the sandbox and typing the title of the article in double brackets [[like this]]) and click on it; this will take you straight to the page where you can start typing. Nyttend (talk) 21:06, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

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