User talk:AaMartin2

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Hey Adrianna. Welcome to the 'pedia. I'm just reviewing some of the topic proposals for Dr. Newbold. Earth religion! This is a broad topic, and perhaps a bit of a loosely defined one. Here's some of the difficulties I can forsee - defining the topic, and reliable sourcing. The two policies you guys need to be aware of are original research and reliable sources. That said, you could have a lot of fun with this topic, lots of possibilities. Good luck, and feel free to drop by my talk page with any q's. Best,  The Interior  (Talk) 05:22, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Adrianna, you asked: "Since there are separate wiki pages for most of the religions should we simply make a list and only describe any that do not have a wiki page, or should we make a short summary anyway? Or should we only summarize the direct relation to Earth Religion within each religion?" The article should avoid just listing information. (Except if it's a list!) You should present your content in prose, or sentence/paragraph style if possible. Be careful with this topic - it's really broad.  The best way forward is to start with a very clear definition from a reliable source, and start there. I'd have better advice if I saw some sources, link them for me when you've got them selected!  The Interior  (Talk) 02:32, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * If I were in your guy's shoes, I'd pick a narrower topic. You've got some possibilities in your lists in your sandbox...  Personally, I find the narrower topics way easier to write about - and the research is more straightforward too.  For the broad topics you have to do way more reading to get a good enough grasp to start writing.  If you guys give me some subject areas you're interested in, I can show you some good tools for finding underdeveloped articles.  Let me know,  The Interior  (Talk) 01:37, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Vacillating a bit, if you find good sources, and feel confident, go ahead with Earth religion. Don't want to discourage you, I'm sure you can pull it off - just might be a bit more work.  The Interior  (Talk) 02:58, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey oh Adrianna. The proper way to move your content is for each person to copy his/her own content from your sandbox into the target article.  If only one person copies it all, the others don't get credit in the article history (credit, or attribution, is part of our license agreement), so it's important to do it that way.  There's some good info in your draft, but I'm not sure all of it is appropriate.  There's a big mix in of sources, some of the blogs and amateur web pages aren't good enough.  And some of it seems more relevant to Wicca than earth religion generally.  It was a challenging topic.  But go ahead and make your additions, and myself or another editor will give it a once-over.  Sound good/Makes sense?  The Interior  (Talk) 17:50, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

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Aamartin2, just wanted to let you know that your comments to Kevin Myers were placed on his user page, when those sorts of things should be put on his talk page. User pages are generally for a user's own use, and editors shouldn't edit them at all (unless to help by cleaning up vandalism or, in this instance, mistakenly-located comments). In the future, please place all comments on an editor's talk page. See WP:TP for more information about how to use talk pages. Your comment is now located at User talk:Kevin Myers.  Cdtew  (talk) 18:47, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Daniel Boone painting
Adrianna,

Thank you for the question about the painting "The Abduction of Daniel Boone's Daughter by the Indians." I have no experience with getting the rights to having paintings reproduced. The painting is in the public domain, which is why we can use it freely on Wikipedia and Commons, so I imagine you can use a copy of it without problem. However, the original is owned by a museum, and I believe museums sometimes seek to control the publishing of items they own. You might want to contact the Kemper Art Museum, and speak to someone more knowledgeable about publishing than I am.

Here is a link to the Kemper's page on the painting: http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/collection/explore/artwork/1479

Best of luck! —Kevin Myers 00:44, 27 August 2013 (UTC)