Welcome

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Hi, Ktowie. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck!  Chzz  ►  17:02, 16 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

 
ようこそ
  • You don't need to read anything - anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people.
  • Ask for help. Talk to us live, or edit this page, put {{helpme}} and describe what help you need. Someone will reply very quickly - usually within a few minutes.
  • Edit existing articles, before you make your own. Look at some subjects that you know about, and see if you can make them a bit better. For example, Wikipedia:Cleanup#2009.
  • When you're ready, read about Your first article. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references.

Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page.

There's lots of information below. Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia!

--  Chzz  ►  17:02, 16 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Getting started
Policies and guidelines
The community
Writing articles

Per IRC chat

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Hi there! Was nice to 'meet you' on IRC; please ask whenever you need anything.

I mentioned about the Buddhism stuff, so here is a list from their project. Click the 'show' thing on the right to see them.

Buddhism Open Tasks
Editing /
Formatting
Missing Articles
List
Expansion Merges
List
  • ・This list currently empty; if any articles relating to Buddhism planned for merging please list them here so they can be discussed and implemented.
Discussions Crossreferences

I'll add a load of stuff on how to do references below; they're really important.

For your first page, please do ask someone (on IRC, or using a helpme) to check it over for you. You can always ask stuff on my talk page, too. Good luck with it :-)  Chzz  ►  17:22, 16 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

How references work

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Simple references

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These require two parts;

a)
Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref>

He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref>
b) A section called "References" with the special code "{{reflist}}";
== References ==
{{reflist}}

(an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections)

To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:Ktowie/reftest and try it out.

Named references

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Chzz was born in 1837, <ref name="MyBook">
"The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. 
</ref> in Footown.<ref name="MyBook"/>

Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.

Citation templates

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You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look;

Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation
 | last = Smith
 | first = John
 | title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century
 | publication-date = 2001
 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
 | page = 125
 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4
}}
</ref>

Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result.

For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.

Images

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{{User:Chzz/tb|my first article}}  Chzz  ►  17:52, 17 July 2009 (UTC)Reply


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File Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading File:Bardor Tulku Wiki.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their license and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. J Milburn (talk) 22:23, 17 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

IRC

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Hi, I've put the log in User:Ktowie/irc. Sorry, it wraps the lines; not so quick/easy to fix that, without going through and putting in returns; I don't have the time - you could select all and copy it to word/notepad or something.

Useful links;

Cheers,  Chzz  ►  15:10, 18 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

I've added the second chat to that log file. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  18:10, 18 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

File permission problem with File:Bardor Tulku Wiki.jpg

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File Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading File:Bardor Tulku Wiki.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

  • make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
  • Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. J Milburn (talk) 15:05, 21 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Ok, that looks fine to me. Thanks. J Milburn (talk) 16:55, 21 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Reply

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You have new messages
Hello, Ktowie. You have new messages at Chzz's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{user:chzz/tb}} template.    File:Ico specie.png

 Chzz  ►  17:36, 21 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

I've replied again, in the same place ↑  Chzz  ►  01:15, 22 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Your recent edits

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  Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button   located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 00:37, 22 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

Another reply

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Hiya,

Sorry you had trouble leaving me a note; it wasn't your fault at all.

Another user had left a message on my talk page, and they'd tried to have an image in it, but they put a <gallery> tab with no closing </gallery>. Anyway...I've sorted it all out, and replied to your message - please read the reply here. Hoping this makes sense,  Chzz  ►  23:01, 22 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

I've replied again, same place  Chzz  ►  00:24, 24 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

File permission problem with File:Bardor Tulku Wiki.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Bardor Tulku Wiki.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file agreed to license it under the given license.

If you created this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either

  • make a note permitting reuse under the CC-BY-SA or another acceptable free license (see this list) at the site of the original publication; or
  • Send an email from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en wikimedia.org, stating your ownership of the material and your intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. If you take this step, add {{OTRS pending}} to the file description page to prevent premature deletion.

If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-en wikimedia.org.

If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Kelly hi! 05:34, 19 February 2012 (UTC)Reply