LauraMorland

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SarahStierch (talk) 18:15, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi!

Hi Laura! Welcome and I'm glad to see you added yourself as a guest at the Teahouse! It looks like you've already begun with some productive contributions. Thank you very much and keep up the good work! Be sure to utilize the Q&A page at the Teahouse whenever you get confused. We're here to help! Happy editing, Ryan Vesey 05:01, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi!

Hi, Ryan!

Thanks very much for the welcome. I must admit that I'm wading in unfamiliar waters here -- don't know the proper way to respond and so I'm just trying to figure out what works. Somewhere there must be a tutorial, right?

By the way, I tried to upload a public domain photo as my profile pic in the Teahouse, but it's not showing. Am I doing something wrong, or is the photo undergoing "moderation" before it shows up?

Thanks very much in advance for your help. LauraMorland (talk) 06:20, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Place de la Mairie-Narbonne-Aude-Languedoc-France.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Place de la Mairie-Narbonne-Aude-Languedoc-France.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.

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Thank you, Sfan00. I had forgotten all about this photo. I'll find one of my own photos of the "Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, Narbonne" and replace it.

By the way, I really have no idea how to respond to you properly. I've made edits to Wikipedia for years, but I've only just begun to "talk." Is there a tutorial somewhere that I could access?

Thanks in advance.LauraMorland (talk) 07:00, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Hey Laura, I apologize for not responding to you earlier. I was preparing to leave for college and missed your response in my watchlist. Here's a great video on how to use the talk pages. Let me know if you have any questions after watching it. Ryan Vesey 14:34, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

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Replaceable fair use File:John Davidson (2012).jpg

Thanks for uploading File:John Davidson (2012).jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that this media item is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails the first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media item could be found or created that provides substantially the same information or which could be adequately covered with text alone. If you believe this media item is not replaceable, please:

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