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Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

Hello, KiwiMadMac. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by David Biddulph (talk) 12:18, 10 August 2019 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Tony Sutorius.jpg

File Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading File:Tony Sutorius.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status and its source. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously.

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Thanks David I'll ensure I have signoff from copyright owner prior to posting further images. KiwiMadMac 05:36, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

August 2019

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), such as at WP:Teahouse, please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:

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Thank you. David Biddulph (talk) 13:41, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks David, I'll ensure I now always sign my comments. KiwiMadMac 05:34, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

COI

You appear to have a conflict of interest, please don't write about yourself, your friends or relatives and read the guidance below.

• If you are being paid directly or indirectly to write an article, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:KiwiMadMac. The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=KiwiMadMac|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Please do not edit further until you respond to this message. Also read the following regarding writing an article
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Before attempting to write an article again, please make sure that the topic meets the notability criteria linked above, and check that you can find independent third party sources. Also read Your first article. You must also reply to the COI request above Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:01, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

RE:COI

I appreciate the advice on conflict of interest, it is helpful.

• I assert that I am not being paid to write this biography! Rather assisting the subject who has limited skills in this area.

• The subject started the article, then sought assistance from a group of fellow volunteer firefighters I'm part of, as he'd done all he could within the Wikipedia domain.

• Now that the draft article has been deleted I'm left with nothing to work with and will have to go back to the subject to report that and to seek guidance on where to next.

• Is there anyway I can retrieve the article to review, revise and resubmit, as I've not done work on this scale before.

• Thanks again for the advice and assistance.

KiwiMadMac 21:23, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

Your thread has been archived

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