User:Leahtwosaints/test page

Policies and guidelines

My Sandbox* Sandbox 2

Articles I Do Not Start
I try not to start articles. I have done so, but seriously, if you haven't noticed, the number of unreferenced articles is astronomical. Because of this, I urge you, please help and join the WikiProject Unreferenced articles group here on Wikipedia! See the little Babel boxes up top! --Leahtwosaints (talk) 00:58, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Tiny gallery of a few favorite musicians's photos I uploaded
For the names of the photographers who took the photos, and how to contact them, click the photo: their generosity should not go unrewarded!


 * Flickr2Commons



Frustration over Wikimedia Commons
''Anyone wishing to learn the guidelines to upload photos for use in the Wikipedia may contact me on my talk page. I would still be lost if another editor didn't teach me- I'd be happy to help!''

Basic focus
I'm interested in other cultures, countries, languages, and a wide variety of music. This includes the storied lives of many musicians. I've chosen to edit their biographies. I believe music is more than entertainment, and those musicians who leave a strong impact on culture, politics, and society as a whole and the way we view the world are those who most often are the ones I choose. In 2010 I began contributing to other-language Wikipedias.

I find, email, and ask each photographer (every time) to remove the copyright from each photo I request, and explain how they can adapt a Creative Commons license instead. If they agree and allow us a license (CC-BY-SA), they maintain the right to have their names and a photostream to be attached to each photo, no matter where it is used. I promise nothing, but for articles that are just in the Start stage, I ask the editors of the article to keep the photographer's name in the photo caption until it is being assessed as a GA or FA-ranked one. It does no harm to the article in progress, and for new photographers to Wikipedia, it allows them to have more exposure for friends, family, and prospective customers. Some people have given up book deals and more, in exchange for little more than hidden recognition of their own work here. I want them to see our appreciation for their support of the Wikipedia. For these reasons, I am what is called a Wikifairy or Wikignome; alongside editing, I create infoboxes, find photographs, copyediting, and a lot of work left by others who came before me. I'm mostly a janitor Wikignome.

Portals
I'm happy to say quite a lot of my uploads appear on lots of the musician's portals! Most of the credit is due to User:Moxy, so the support and applause it all his, or the others who create them! Just a few that include my photo uploads:


 * Portal:Bob Dylan
 * Portal:Led Zeppelin
 * Portal:Neil Young
 * Portal:Pink Floyd
 * Portal:The Kinks
 * Portal:The Rolling Stones
 * Portal:Frank Zappa

Great musicians and genres
I favor Blues rock, Alternative rock, and R&B. I love slide guitar in particular.


 * SOME FAVORITES


 * Jeff Beck
 * Jackson Browne
 * Jack Bruce
 * Eric Clapton
 * John Frusciante
 * Rory Gallagher
 * Lowell George
 * Jimi Hendrix
 * Nils Lofgren
 * Pino Palladino


 * Jaco Pastorius
 * Tim Reynolds
 * Carlos Santana
 * Bruce Springsteen
 * James Taylor
 * Mick Taylor
 * Pete Townshend
 * Derek Trucks
 * Chris Whitley
 * Victor Wooten

Helpful

 * WP:BUNCH                                                     Wikipedia:How to fix bunched-up edit links
 * WP:CITE                                  Wikipedia:Citing sources
 * WP:CITET                                           Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Generic citations
 * WP:ERP                                   Wikipedia:Example requests for permission
 * WP:HCT-E                                           Wikipedia:Harvard citation template examples
 * WP:IW                     Wikipedia:Interwikimedia link
 * WP:MOS                                   Wikipedia:Manual of Style
 * WP:N            Wikipedia:Notability
 * WP:NCI                         Wikipedia:Naming conventions (identity)
 * WP:STUBS                                                     Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types
 * WP:UTM                                   Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace


 * List of ISO 639-1 codes Helpful to find other language abbreviations.


 * MLA Citation Style


 * Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a12

Useful For WikiFaerie Work

 * UNSOURCED BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE TAG


 * NEED CITE


 * EXPAND TEXT BANNERS


 * TAG for the WIKIPROJECT GUITAR GROUP


 * RECORD LABELS


 * FOR SOUND--> A new DISCOGRAPHY template  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Listen


 * MUSICIAN'S INFOBOX For the Musician's Work Group -->   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_Musical_artist


 *  Category:Musicians work group articles needing infoboxes  


 * CLEANUP TAGS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TC Cleanup and other tags


 * PAGE DESIGN AND NAVIGATION  http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:User_page_design_center/Navigation_aids&action=submit Page design and navigation

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My Sandbox * Sandbox 2

People I've learned from and gained help: THANKS!
User talk:Rich Farmbrough
 * User:AgnosticPreachersKid User talk:APK
 * User:Aleta User talk:LadyofShalott
 * User:Catfish Jim and the soapdish User talk:Catfish Jim and the soapdish (great photohelp, editing)
 * User:Discographer User talk:Discographer
 * DISEman talk (Discographies)
 * Rich

User talk:Infrogmation User talk:User:Kohoutek1138
 * User:Infrogmation
 * User:Kohoutek1138
 * User:Robertb-dc User talk:Robertb-dc (Dixie Chicks(
 * User:J Milburn User talk:J Milburn
 * Moxy User talk:Moxy (Photo help)
 * [User:Mudwater]] User_talk:Mudwater
 * Ruhrfisch
 *  Sp in ni ng  Spark  (Admin)
 * Suede67 (M.I.A. on en.Wikipedia)

User talk:Timeshifter talk (Early help, Musicians: specialty Albums, song pages)
 * User:Timeshifter
 * User:Tvoz User talk:Tvoz
 * Wasted Time R


 * User:Marcia Wright User talk:Marcia Wright (reached out)
 * Giggy (for Commons)
 * Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯] (overall)