User talk:Barryraphael

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Help me! Submitting Draft For Review
I need help submiting draft for review

Please help me with... I just clicked on "Submit draft for review" for the first Wikipedia page I have submitted. A dialog box came up to press the "save changes" button at the bottom of the edit box. I cannot locate the edit box. The "submit draft for review" link is still on my Sandbox page. Thank you for any assistance! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Barryraphael/sandbox Barryraphael Barryraphael (talk) 22:49, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * If the button don't work add  to the top of the page and save, it will generate a submitted banner Ron h jones (Talk) 23:49, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

This button is now called "Publish changes", but not all our instructions have yet been updated to reflect this. So, having hit the "Submit your article for review" button, just scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit that blue "Publish changes" button. This should do it. (I'm pinging in who is involved in ensuring these changes do not cause confusion to new editors). Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:56, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * User:Moxy, have you already fixed this one? I know you took care of a lot of the help pages today.  Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 07:03, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * looking now.--Moxy (talk) 12:56, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * If you guys are looking for the Dorothy Tanner draft it has since been accepted as an article. Lacypaperclip (talk) 13:27, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dorothy Tanner has been accepted
 Dorothy Tanner, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created. The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article. You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. . Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! Lacypaperclip (talk) 19:23, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
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Help me!
The following message appeared on top of the article: This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (March 2018) Please help me with... I found two articles that mentioned Dorothy Tanner. The links are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Betancourt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Artists_from_Denver

Barry Raphael Barryraphael (talk) 05:29, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I removed it. After you added the link you can remove it yourself. –Ammarpad (talk) 06:21, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know! Greatly appreciated. Barryraphael (talk) 20:46, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Help me! I just submitted an article and have a couple of questions
Please help me with... I just submitted an article on the late Mel Tanner. I am working on an infobox and am waiting to hear from a photographer to get his permission to post it to the page. I also have not added other photos that are "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic." Can I upload these soon or should I wait until I hear about the rest of the page I submitted? Many thanks,

Barry Barryraphael (talk) 00:44, 12 April 2018 (UTC)


 * The Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license is "free enough" for images published under that license to be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons via their Upload Wizard (see Commons:Licensing on what licenses are acceptable). You don't need to wait with uploading such images until the draft is accepted. Huon (talk) 01:29, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Help me!
RE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_and_Dorothy_Tanner

This suggestion is at the top of the Wikipedia page: This article's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines. Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references. (July 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

I removed the external links, not knowing that external links would not follow Wikipedia guidelines. I believe the links now are all internal Wikipedia links. I would like to remove the template message and not sure how to do that, and thought that someone on the Wikipedia team would want to see if it is all corrected. If you think so, can you give me instructions on how to remove the suggestion at the top of the page?

Thank you so much, Barry Raphael

Help me! How do I center the photo in the infobox
How do I center the photo of Mel Tanner in the infobox? Please help me with centering the photo. Thank you for your consideration.

Barry Barryraphael (talk) 04:24, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Infoboxes process images differently. You don't do the normal File... syntax. Just state the name of the file. Nothing more. --Majora (talk) 04:49, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

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 * Thank you for pointing this out. I have been a volunteer at the art studio of Mel and Dorothy Tanner for the past 51 years. They are both now deceased. The Tanners were pioneers in lighting their art and presenting it as a multi-sensory experience called Lumonics. I know more about them than anyone alive. I have never been paid to create the Wikipedia page. A team member and I are doing our best to keep the art studio going in Denver. While the Wikipedia page for Mel and Dorothy Tanner is essentially complete, I do update the page occasionally when there are new exhibitions just as other deceased artists pages are updated. I am quite sure I had some communication with the Wikipedia team when I began the page some years ago and honored to receive the Barnstorm award for its contribution to Wikipedia. I do appreciate the conflict of interest communication and will be very mindful about it. I truly appreciate Wikipedia and it is an honor to be part of it. Barryraphael (talk) 01:20, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I also want to mention that assembling the article about the Tanners is one of the best things I have ever done!
 * ~ Barryraphael (talk) 01:42, 17 February 2023 (UTC)