Kyle Thomas

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Svetozar & Ruth Radakovich

Thank you for experimenting with the page Svetozar & Ruth Radakovich on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. -- Longhair\^talk 11:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Your article consisted of nothing more than a (broken) redirect to an offsite link. That content does not comprise an article. I'm sure you believe there's a valid article to be written, but linking to an offsite website is not how it's done. -- Longhair\^talk 12:10, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

In short, yes. Redirects are not designed to redirect a user away from Wikipedia. Their purpose is to assist with navigation throughout the Encyclopedia. An example is Deans Marsh, which automatically redirects a reader to the proper title of Deans Marsh, Victoria. See WP:REDIRECT for more information. Hope this helps. -- Longhair\^talk 12:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Image Upload

Hi, thanks for the message. I didn't realise that you wanted to upload an image, since you asked about adding images to an article. It's preferable to upload images to Wikimedia Commons because that makes them available to everyone (not just this Wiki). There is the issue of licenses - you will have to fully release your work (and it has to be your own work or work for which you have express permission to license freely). See Wikipedia:Images and work from there. Picking the wrong license, not doing it properly, or using an image illegally can have consequences for your image and for Wikipedia itself. There are certain limited circumstances in which other licenses can be used, but that's getting a bit more complicated. When you have registered for Wiki Commons, you'll see a Special:Upload link in the toolbox, just as we have on this Wiki. That will take you to the form that you use to upload the file. Hope that helps some. Regards, Adrian M. H. 22:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Dr. Richard Aldrich

This is interesting stuff. I've no doubt it's true (I've seen the reference to The Castle in the Carolyn Cope interview on www.encinitas101.com) but it's likely to be deleted sooner or later unless it can be backed up with a published source. Tearlach 16:10, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your warning regarding possible deletion re: The Aldrich Castle. What suggestions can you offer to make sure this page isn't deleted?

The problem is that articles here need to cite specific third-party published sources (see Wikipedia:Attribution). Where could a reader go to find published verification of the article content? Does the museum have, for instance, any newspaper or magazine citations you could mention? Tearlach 18:23, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

We have a tresure trove of original documents, photos, newspaper articles and published books. We also have the living history of the people who work and voulunteer at the museum, some who's families go as far back as the era of the Original Spanish land grants...and we even have these original supporting documents. I'm real excited to help build this page and I will provide a lot of top shelf stuff. Give me a chance to scan some of the documents and upload them to Wikimedia and with continued work I believe this page will really sparkle! Kyle Thomas 18:43, 27 March 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kyle Thomas (talk • contribs) 18:40, 27 March 2007 (UTC).

OK, but for the main Wikipedia entries you do need to be cautious not to get into the area of "original research" as it's classified here (see WP:NOR). For instance, your recent edit - "Changed location of Castle from 4th and Hst to Sealane and Hst after visiting and photographing the property" [1] - is the kind of thing to avoid. Essentially, editors aren't supposed to create primary sources, and ideally should use reliable secondary sources rather than doing their own synthesis of primary ones. It's a pain at times, but it's how Wikipedia is organised to function without the ability to fact-check or know who is posting. Tearlach 03:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Apology to Longhair from Kyle

Thanks for your apology. It was never expected, but it feels good to receive it regardless. This event was so long ago, I'd forgotten it :) Let bygones be bygones shall we? Enjoy your wiki-experiences... -- Longhair\^talk 14:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: wiki websites

I gather that it's quite easy (if you can build websites) to develop your own wiki. The article on wiki software is one place to start. I don't have an exact link for the software, but it is freely available. Hope that helps some. Regards, Adrian M. H. 15:02, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

External link question

Hi Kyle. Nice website. I can't see any issue with adding that to the external links of a relevant article, because it's interesting and non-commercial. Some editors tend to come down heavily on external links, sometimes without real justification; you could add it to the article's talk page if you're unsure, and if you don't get any objections after a while, go ahead and add it. But if I were you, I would be bold and add it right now. Regards, Adrian M. H. 10:58, 28 April 2007 (UTC)