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Adoption

Hi

Would love for you to adopt me, and your first question is...

How do you insert a picture onto an article and what would be considered as a breach of copyright?

Thanks

--Stringer1993 (talk) 16:50, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Cheers for the help man, im sure I'll be back with more "huge questions" very shortly.

--Stringer1993 (talk) 18:38, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Ha my bad with the images, I was doing things right but I am not yet an auto-confirmed user so they were being blocked.

Also another question, you call yourself an inclusionist, can you give me a link to a page or a list of the different types of wikipedians (if that is the right term) there are?

--Stringer1993 (talk) 19:52, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

--Stringer1993 (talk) 20:40, 31 March 2010 (UTC) Just started my first page.Skinput. Any critisism welcomed. Cheers

Jim Cramer discussion page

Draeco: I wrote an opinion on the Jim Cramer discussion page about why the page should not be eliminated. I must have coded poorly. Can you take a look?

Thank you. Bull Market 18:56, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Jim Cramer discussion page

Draeco:

Thank you for your assistance and explanation. I appreciate all your encouragement too. It is shocking that someone would actually suggest eliminating the Jim Cramer article and especially on such spurious grounds with such disregard for his noteworthiness. Thank you.

-Bull Market 06:46, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for adopting me

Hello Draeco, thanks for willing to adopt me, I hope during the next few weeks I'll be able to understand more about Wikipedia, thanks to you , and hopefully I can go out there to adopt someone who will be in the same situation as I am right now. Thanks a miilion :) :) Sp33dyphil 05:53, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Do you mind telling me what Public Domain is? I can't seem find the answer? Sp33dyphil talk 03:40, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

When talking about mails, what are POP3, IMAP and HTTP? And where can I find them on my PC? I'm asking these questions because I want to upload a few permissons for the photos that I hae uploaded onto WikiCommons. Please answer this urgent question because I'd like to save the deleted images. Thanks Sp33dyphil ^{(Talk) (Contributions)} 09:20, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Re: Adoption

Hello. Thank you for your offer for adoption. I am very much like you to adopt me. However, I am taking a break from Wikipedia on account of exams. I will be back around 22nd April. I will see you then. Thank you once again. --^Nilotpal42 09:15, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

I'd also like to be adopted. I'm in the process of determining my own philosophy on Wikipedia and found your comments on notability to be particular interesting. I was wondering if you could inform me on more of your opinion. I also feel I am an inclusionist and if you ever come across and article in AfD that you believe is being treated unfairly please let me know, after all if we want more inclusion we need to get the word out. I'm going to write things I'm working on in my page, if you have the time please look at my notes and provide some advice. Thank you. --Tmckeage (talk) 18:03, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

More specifically I would love to hear your opinions on 2010 earthquakes. Specifically at what point should earthquakes be added to the list and when shouldn't they. Being an inclusionist makes your input desired as I'm afraid I have taken the opposite approach.--Tmckeage (talk) 18:27, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

You definitely gave me food for thought. To me the ideal situation is a group that has requested to be notified by other members of a group if certain criteria are met. Anyone can request to be in the group so it isn't necessarily vote stacking. I also just waded through a day of AfD, while I never voted for deletion I did vote a lot to merge. I don't know if that means I'm not an inclusionist. It seems to me an article in of itself needs notability, if it doesn't meet that criteria it needs to be merged. Also do you know if there is a policy thats something like Wikipedia:poorly constructed articles don't have an expiration date? It seemed like half the time I voted on an article that was my reasoning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmckeage (talk • contribs) 22:27, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi! How do I change the adoption status to reflect that I have been adopted by you? Who is supposed to do that, the adopter or the adoptee?^Nilotpal42 14:58, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I have another one. When I look at my watchlist (or for that matter the recent changes page) I see some numbers between the time and the name of the editor, for each entry. The number is either a negative integer (in red fonts) or a positive one (in green fonts). What exactly is this?-^Nilotpal42 10:26, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Hey! Is it possible to undo multiple changes automatically at one go?--^Nilotpal42 06:26, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks.--^Nilotpal42 15:49, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello, again. Is reverting and rollbacking the same thing?--^Nilotpal42 09:11, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Hello, this is Nilotpal42 after a succesful username usurpation. I would like to thank you for all your help until now. Since I feel confident enough to edit on my own, I think it is time to terminate this adoption. Once again, thank you very much.--Forty two^{You talkin' to me?} 22:02, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Draeco. You have new messages at Yoenit's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Sigh...New account

Hey Draeco. This is technically User:Hereforhomework but I lost the password to that account without remembering to put down my email. I created a secondary (hopefully temporary) account, User:Hereforhomework2. Just letting you know. But I was wondering if it is at all possible to have someone help me find my original account's password. I put way too much energy and time into that account to have it all just disappear. *sigh*. Thanks, Homework2 talkpage 16:00, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Alright. Thanks anyway. Homework2 talkpage 19:37, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Hmm. How do I create a redirect for an already excistent page? (example, my old user page) Homework2 talkpage 20:22, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Just in case you didn't notice I changed my signature. Homework2 ^{pass a note}sign! 18:34, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Draeco, I think I am going to have to "unadopt" myself. You are not active enough for me. It is nothing personal. I just think that I need someone who is logged on way more often. Thanks for all your help. Homework2 ^{pass a note}sign! 13:23, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Goldman Sachs

Hey Draeco:

Thought you should know and take a look I posted this in the discussion page for GS and having written most of the wikipedia entries on the Goldman Sachs SEC suit, I opted to move it with the article where its easily found.

Moving of SEC suit discussion towards top of page.

This is about the boldest thing I have even done on wikipedia, but it really makes sense to move the SEC fraud suit up where it's easily found as volume spiked through the roof upon its filing. Tens of thousands of visitors are coming to this page to read about the suit in plain english, not to have to scour to find it. When the visitation volume decreases, then I'll move the discussion back toward the end of the article. Thank you for your indulgence. Bull Market 08:16, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Bull Market 08:20, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Request for semi protection

Thank you for your adoption offer (I also posted this on my talk page; I'm not sure if you would see it if I posted it there so I'll post my question here as well): I have noticed a lot of vandalism going on on a particular page. Ho do I go about requesting that it be semi protected? Zonafan39 (talk) 06:04, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for adopting me

Dear Draeco. Thank you for adopting me. I can see here in your user talk a lot of advises. In this alone, I can learn something. I love adding informations, adding, starting new articles however I find it really hard to insert charts, tables and pictures. I am happy you came. Thank you.

-Joefran4

talk 13:58 (+8:00 Taipei Time) may 3, 2010

I'm seeking adoption

Can you adopt me? I've been editing for a while, and was adopted a while back. but that user hasn't been active on the board in nearly 2 years. It's time for me to get on the right path. Will you help me get there? Bab-a-lot (talk) 11:16, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Worch, the adoptee

Hey. Thanks for the adoption!

I'm trying to create a template (I think that's what they are called) for the purpose of listing my user banners e.g. interests, languages, etc. It appears that people create a child article under their user page e.g. user:Worch/Userboxes. How do I create those? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Worch (talk • contribs) 22:59, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Changes to adoptoffer

After a brief discussion at WT:Adopt-a-User, I have updated the {{adoptoffer}} template to include a date parameter, which should currently be specified as month=May 2010. This is intended to clarify Category:Wikipedians having been offered adoption by dividing it into monthly sub-categories, allowing users to see which users might still be seeking adoption and whch are probably inactive. I am currently dating all of the backlogged users for the new categories. As you frequently use the template, I thought I should let you know - are there any other users you think might be worth contacting to publicise the changes? strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 08:31, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

I just noticed your name appeared a lot as I was working through - updating userboxes for other adopters as well as making your own offers. I can't really think who else to contact, although I have updated the category page - I could send out messages to everyone, but it would probably be more annoying than helpful. Hmmm... strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 15:50, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I have no idea either, but I'm sure I can find someone who does. Thanks for the suggestion! strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 16:54, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Draeco, Sorry for answering to you so late (a month). I have been quite busy and have not been on Wikipedia in a while. Thank you for offering to adopt me. I am just trying some new and interesting things out in the Wikipedia. One question that I have is what are the rules of posting? Also how do I get a page like this (new section) on my profile? Thank you, --Arashzlord —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arash zlord (talk • contribs) 16:41, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Princess Hours

Hello Draeco, I need your opinion. I was reading through the Princess Hours article (it's one of my fav shows, anyway...) and saw that info kept changing on the page. The info on Airing dates was removed due to less sources, but it seemed fine to me it just needed more sourcing. So I pmed the editor who first posted it and asked them to find more sources. Is that good or bad? The article is Princess Hours EunSoo (talk) 05:22, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

[1] I forgot about about that! --Jubilee♫clipman 01:12, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Template help

Hey Draeco! I was wondering how you add auto-quotations in templates. Like the titles of the tracks in this template: Template:Tracklist Thank You!

Substing Welcome Templates

Just a quick note, can you make sure you subst welcome templates when you add them to a users talk page? Thanks =] ·Add§hore· ^{Talk To Me!} 19:01, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Template markup

I'm totally clueless as to how template markup works. My change to the tracklist template was merely a change of words. Sorry I couldn't be of any help. –Chase (talk) 19:35, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Here's a quick guide: Suppose we wanted to create a template called "Formatting example" (which would be situated at Template:Formatting example), that receives two strings of text as input and has to display the first in quotes and the second in brackets. The template markup itself would be:

"{{{1}}}" ({{{2}}})

To use it an article one could use it like this:

{{Formatting example|Some text in quotes|more text, this time in brackets}}

Which would result in:

"Some text in quotes" (more text, this time in brackets)

I hope this will give your adoptee at least a basic understanding of how template syntax works. Please tell them I'd be happy to help with any further questions. While I'm not very active as an editor these days, I usually remain logged in on Wikipedia and should notice any messages on my talk page soon enough. Regards – Cyrus XIII ^(talk) 01:15, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

Actually, I've been on Wikipedia for years and years. Sometimes I hadn't bothered signing in to fix pages, so there are great gaps in my activity. Mostly, I correct spelling, punctuation and Spanglish, all very minor edits. Sometimes I will take a clumsy structure and put it a little clearer.

Anyway, I'm also on the ES branch as I live in Chile. And, as I am a publisher of web content, the other day, I decided to finally put up a page about a News site I have been running for quite a while. Back in 1996 or so, I registered LOGIN.CL (kewl domain), and used it for practically nothing. I decided to turn it into a NEWS site after a journalist friend approached me about a regional news service in the Valparaiso area. So, LOGIN REGIONAL was born in 2006. Yesterday, I decided to put up an article on the spanish branch about this site. User DRINI on summarily deleted it, with this message: "It wasn't an article. IT was a promotional."

Now, technically you would call me a n00b when it comes to creating a page, so when I did so, I took a look at GIZMODO (notorious for the iPhone 4G scandal) and EMOL (Chilean bricks and mortar newspaper) source. I created Login Regional which DRINI promptly deleted. Can you look into this and tell me, is this a legitimate reason for deletion?

LOGIN REGIONAL is an accredited publication, recognized by the Municipalities of Valparaiso, of Viña del Mar, of Quilpué, San Antonio, Quillota, Limache, Villa Alemana and others, by the National Congress, by the Regional Intendencia, by OTHER media. It is recognized as a news source world wide. Since its inception in January of 2006, LOGIN REGIONAL has been accredited by the producers of Festival del Viña del Mar as a recognized legitimate medium.

Thanks in advance... Davidrust (talk) 02:42, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Citations

Thanks for your reply (see LOGIN REGIONAL).

Hmmm... citations, citations. I just did something I rarely do: I checked Google for hits for LOGIN.CL ("www.login.cl"), with a result of 73,000. Got to put that in quotes, otherwise you get hits for command language login scripts. I wasn't expecting that. Other than some blogs and others, the only citations I see are from a few firefighter associations in Chile (www.bomberos.cl, www.bombagermania.cl), Radio BIOBIO (they used one of our photos with credit, thank you), DESASTRES.org (which has a somewhat broken site), Miguel Hernandez University in Spain (UMH.es), EMOL cited a story about a child crushed under a wall in March.

We also broke Climate-gate in Chile, a full seven hours before EMOL did (who practically lifted our story word for word). No biggie.

The former Intendant (=Regional Governor) always gave us exclusive interviews. I am sure the new Intendant (Raul Celis Montt) will do so as well, as he is the brother of one of our regular contributors who is a Concejal for the city of Viña del Mar, Andres Celis Montt, who is also the guy responsible for cultural activities.

In any case, I think we are legit. But what does my opinion count for? other than the million and a half hits in four years.

What is your opinion? Davidrust (talk) 20:25, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your consideration. I think I should be able to write this article as well, based on WP:WEB. Let's see what happens. Off to the spanish branch a-editing I go. Davidrust (talk) 22:18, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

User: Ttonyb1

Hello Draeco, I need your help on a matter. I don't know who this editor is but I recently create a page Abdul Mannan (actor) and it seems that this editor is finding all sorts of ways to delete the page. They have removed references, and have claimed COI when there is no evidence of such a thing?? The person is an actor so I don't see why the page is insignificant. EunSoo (talk) 22:47, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Hey Draeco nevermind it is sorted out. EunSoo (talk) 23:00, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Adoption

Thanks for offering, I tend to run into problems every now and then and could use help. To start, how do i align user boxes on the right? --Iankap99 (talk) 19:54, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

adoption

Hi Draeco, Thanks for the adoption offer! I am definitely interested but not sure I have a lot of time to devote to learning at the moment, so I am going VERY slowly. Is there a set "syllabus" for learning via adoption? or guidelines? or do you have your own system? or can it be arranged as we wish? Canadianaeh (talk) 05:14, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Btw - I'll add that I'm interested in the adoption offer, esp as you seem so friendly, but I'm really not going to be uber-dedicated, more like just feeling my way around. Is that acceptable? (in all seriousness - not sure how rigid the rules are around here). Thanks! :) Canadianaeh (talk) 05:18, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Great! Thanks! So far most of what I've been doing is cleanup / clarification (disambiguation?). I will be in touch with you when the questions arise... because they will arise! :) Thanks again for being so friendly and open. Canadianaeh (talk) 17:18, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Okay maybe we can start with you telling me how to indent a line without it reading "Indented line"! I thought I was doing it correctly but can't get rid of it! argh... I think I figured it out! Canadianaeh (talk) 17:20, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi

Sorry i have not been on in a while, GCSE studying seem to have taken over my life. :)

I hope all is well with you and was hoping you would take a look at the page i created way back, skinput. It has grown considerably and im very happy with it.

cheers

Stringer1993 (talk) 13:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for adopting me

Hello Draeco. Thanks adopting me. I will have questions next week (actually I have them now, but am 'off-air' until Tuesday/Wednesday). I look forward to putting them to you then.-Sammy_r (talk) 21:31, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Hey Thankyo for adopting me

I just started to think seriously about wikipedia I need few guide lines when i get some time

Anyways lot of thanks for a kind gesture —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrsaad31 (talk • contribs) 03:46, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Adoption

Thanks for the offer. I know nothing about this site beyond making minor edits- like correcting punctuation and grammatical blunders. First,let's start with templates: How do i use them,how do i make mine? Please check my User Page and see how everything is disorganized. Could you please organise it for me and explain to me how you did it, Step-by-step.Evolutionofmankind 20:06, 28 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evolutionofmankind (talk • contribs)

Thanks fo adopting me!

Hi Draeco, I'd like to put an article I already published on the German Wikipedia up in English: Petrus Wandrey. It will be full of terrible Germanisms which I hope to have diminished. Plus am not so sure about policies here. I already started it in my sandbox and it would be grand if you could look it over once it is ready for publication. Will drop you a line then. Thanks again, --Kst32 (talk) 21:29, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Could you be so kind as to add the right template to my user page, showing that I no longer seek adoption? Thanks! --Kst32 (talk) 21:45, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello Draeco, I think my article is ready to be scrutinized, especially on behalf of spelling and grammar. Plus I hope you can eliminate all the terrible Germanisms I put in ;o) Thanks in advance for your help! --Kst32 (talk) 21:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Talk

Hello, Draeco. You have new messages at Mr little irish's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Mr little irish (talk) 23:45, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

User:EunSoo

Since you've adopted User:EunSoo, maybe you can help this editor learn some basic Wikipedia guidelines regarding article moves, use of article names, and article names that are ambiguous. Read the last few entries in his talk page for more information. Thanks! Groink (talk) 07:31, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay I understand Draeco, but it is really hard to get my point across it's like some of them don't read my posts they just oppose.EunSoo (talk) 16:03, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

I also wanted to ask u how do I archieve my talk page? EunSoo (talk) 16:13, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I gotta chime in here as well. I'm trying my best to assume good faith, but the user's starting to arbitrarily move other pages even while facing strong opposition on the previous moves. I think the user thinks that whenever a name needs to be disambiguated, it shouldn't be; instead, an alternative name (like the person's birth name) should be used. He's entitled to his opinion, but that's more of a policy discussion than anything else, and it shouldn't be carried out until it's discussed. It's starting to get pointy because the page moves keep happening.... Can you try to explain in a way that makes sense to the user? I can't seem to get through, unfortunately. SKS (talk) 19:34, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Am, I never said or even thought that their name should be their birth name. I said you should find other alternatives besides a common word like "entertainer". If Rain is an entertainer then what about the others who dable in other fields of work like singing and directing. They should be titled the same, it's called "consistency". "Entertainer" shouldn't be used for people who mainly act or sing or direct and etc. If you ask anyone, anyone at all "What is Rain mainly known for?" they will all give you the answer "music". EunSoo (talk) 03:48, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Adoption of User 水の男の子

Hi Draeco, thanks for your offer to adopt me. I'd like to accept your offer. Yours, --水の男の子 (talk) 12:51, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Signatures

Hi Draeco, I was wondering, how some people like xeno have their signatures all fancy and such... I was hoping to get mine too look cool like that... Thanks, --水の男の子 (talk) 14:20, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks :)--水の男の子 (talk) 14:50, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Opinion

Okay just say it plainly. Rain is primarily a singer and goes by both names Rain (America) / Bi (South Korea).

• Rain (Bi) or Rain (entetrainer) EunSoo (talk) 05:17, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay so then I will give up. But could you explain why so I understand in detail? And what if I requested that Rain (entertainer) be moved to Bi instead?? EunSoo (talk) 15:29, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Sidebars

Hi Draeco, Sorry I'm all of these questions, but I was wondering how to create sidebars. They seem really cool. Thanks, -- 水の男の子 ^chat 14:18, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

ok, thanks anyway. --水の男の子 (talk) 21:26, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Introducing pages?

What's the best way for me to introduce a page?

I work with smaller films, legitimate, on IMDB, ones that will get limited releases in festivals and major US cities, but ones that do not yet (often) have Wikipedia entries. I am also part of an art community, and there are artists there who are beginning to get news recognition and shows.

If I source the entries with what the films or art projects are about, who the filmmakers or artists are (sourced from web articles, IMDB, etc.) and where they're playing or showing(festival-wise, to show they're legit) does that seem like sufficient grounds to publish a page or is there a problem there?

I am not looking to add promotional elements, IE, "see it here" type information, merely the basic facts of the project or person, all sourced, of course.

Thanks so much,

Msfdigi (talk) 17:06, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Dead Link tool

Hey Draeco, I remember seeing a tool to make finding dead links on an article easy. Can you point me in the right direction? --Iankap99 (talk) 22:10, 4 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iankap99 (talk • contribs)

Churchill Building

Hey Draeco, I'm involved in an AfD debate with my article Churchill Building, Madisons first skyscraper. If you get a chance, would you be able to check the article and let me know if you think it is notable enough to survive deletion. Thanks. Zonafan39 (talk) 05:43, 6 June 2010 (UTC) This is a link to the AfD page: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Churchill Building

Mentee's Article Ready for Inspection

Hi Draeco, sorry to be a nuisance, but I think I left my message in the wrong place. Thought I better make sure you saw it: User_talk:Draeco#Thanks_fo_adopting_me.21. Thanks again and happy editing, your trusting mentee --Kst32 (talk) 19:12, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your input on my draft article so far and thanks for the suggestion seeking further help at the arts project. I will certainly do that. Great that you think it might be fit for putting up. Am looking forward to my contribution! --Kst32 (talk) 22:38, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Your adoption offer

Wow.... I feel really bad. I haven't responded to your adoption offer. My brain thought I did, but Wikipedia just proved me wrong. I blame it on sleeplesness. Sorry 'bout that... I took your suggestion and removed the seeking-adoption template from my userpage. I am, however, interested in help/guidance/editing requests. I'm interested in learning about the many possible ways to monitor/revert vandalism. I'm also interested in copyediting, although I don't need much help there, just maybe Wikipedia-specific copyediting guidance. cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 03:23, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Allrighty, thanks for the info! Sorry it took me so long to respond; I'm usually pretty prompt. cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 03:38, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Photo question

Dear Draeco

Thank you for your offer to help me, my first question is about adding a picture.

I have a mention on the 'Light Painting' page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_painting

I would like to add a small picture of 'Spirit of Spring' as an example. http://www.jncohen.net/Limited%20Edition%20Prints/Spirit_of_Spring.htm

But I am not prepared to release my copyright. Other pictures are on this page as examples and I wonder if the photographers were forced to release their copyright?

Is there anyway to overcome this?

With kindest regards

John —Preceding unsigned comment added by John N. Cohen (talk • contribs) 07:34, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

The simple answer is no, if the image is not freely licenced then we can't use it. However, the artist may be prepared to release a low resolution image under an acceptable Creative Commons licence but we would need their WP:PERMISSION too. You may want to read donating copyrighted materials to get a better understanding of the issue. Fair-use would not be an option as there are already several free images in the article. Hope that helps. ww2censor (talk) 16:41, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

OK Thank you for your answer the photo in question is my own and I am not prepared to release the copyright so it will not be included in the page. I think this is a pity as it is so different from the other forms of light painting. Thanks again, Regards, John —Preceding unsigned comment added by John N. Cohen (talk • contribs) 07:39, 10 June 2010 (UTC) Sorry I should have signed this John N. Cohen (talk) 17:31, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

YAAA... Yet Another Adoptee Adopted.

Thanks for your offer for adoption Draeco.

My First Question: How do I formally accept the adoption using the system? Thanks! Michaeloqu (talk) 02:41, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Churchill Building Barnstar

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For helping to save the Churchill Building article from deletion, I award you this Barnstar Zonafan39 (talk) 00:23, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

/* Photo question */

Dear Draeco

RE: Another unusual aspect of 'Light painting' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_painting

Thank you for your answer but the photo in question is my own and I am not prepared to release the copyright, so it will now not be included in this article. I think this is a pity, as it is so different from the other forms of light painting shown.

But would it be possible to include a link, to my 'Painting with light' page, instead of having the photo? So that readers could see 'Spirit of Spring' and some of these photographs.

This would be the link page: - http://www.jncohen.net/Painting_with_light/

But I am not sure how to add it myself. Hope to hear from you soon, with many thanks, John John N. Cohen (talk) 12:55, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Help

Hey, since your my mentor and stuff, I was wondering if you could help me. I've been fighting alot of vandalism, but all I can do is just undo vandals edits, I was wondering if I could place warnings on their talk pages, and also where to find these templates? Thanks loads Mr little irish^(talk) 14:12, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Adopt me!

Yes, I accept your adoption request. How do I put that on my profile page? Etherfox (talk) 20:19, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

What do you recommend I read to start off my Wikipedia experience? Etherfox (talk) 19:17, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

I'd recommend you start making edits and learn as you go. As you're using/editing wikipedia, you'll be looking up the exact things that you need, e.g. certain templates, certain policies. It may at first take time to look stuff up before every edit but you'll remember them and get better at it. To name a few things I've found useful lately: the notability guideline and Template:Multiple_issues. ×××BrightBlackHeaven^(talk)××× 21:13, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Archives

Hey there,

Could you tell me how I can archive my talk page?

Thanks lots. :)

Mr little irish^(talk) 08:26, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Help:Archiving_a_talk_page. There's different methods, most people seem to like the subpage method, but I for example use the permanent link method so the archives aren't editable. ×××BrightBlackHeaven^(talk)××× 08:38, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Sorries

Draeco, if it looks like I'm trying to kidnap your adoptees, then that's because I am. ×××BrightBlackHeaven^(talk)××× 21:14, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Broken Citation Links

Is there a tool to quickly see which links (citations) of an article are broken? I remember there being such a tool.

Thanks --Iankap99 (talk) 22:25, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Found It!

Here it is http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/view/Checklinks Hopefully that could be of use to you. --Iankap99 (talk) 00:53, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Linking to an article on a different version of Wikipedia

Hi Draeco, and thanks for adopting me!

On my talk page, I am trying to link to a couple of French articles I have edited... and this is proving much harder than I thought... I know it should be easy, though. Can you please help me out? Thanks so much!

P@ddington (talk) 16:19, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help, Draeco... but it doesn't seem like it worked. There must be something that I am doing wrong...  :( P@ddington (talk) 19:32, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks so much! That's so helpful! I hate to say this, but I have one more question for you... See you 2 sections down. P@ddington (talk) 22:25, 25 June 2010 (UTC)