User talk:Ben negus@hotmail.co.uk

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Image Tagging Image:Rain.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Rain.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, ie in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the image also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture then you can use to release it under the GFDL. If you can claim fair use use .)  See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other images, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thanks so much. Lastly, your article on rainforests is really touching. -- SoothingR 10:30, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hello Ben! I'm glad you've decided to stick around and create an account. I don't know if you saw the comment I left on your previous user page, so I'll repeat it here:

I'm sorry Only we can save the rainforests got marked for deletion. It's not that people don't like it, it's just that it isn't really the sort of thing Wikipedia was designed for. Wikipedia is really meant for factual articles that take a neutral point of view on issues (like the articles you find in a print encyclopedia), and not for essays that are trying to persuade people to do something.

If you'd like to contribute some facts about the rain forests and ways to save them, you might want to try adding them to these articles: Rainforest, Illegal Logging, Deforestation or Environmental movement. As for your essay, I think it might be a good idea to try publishing it as an editorial in your school paper, or to put it in a letter to your local newspaper.

Also, if you want to do more to save the rain forests, you might be interested in WWF-UK's current campaign to protect the Heart of Borneo.

Good luck and I hope you'll contribute to Wikipedia again in future.

I agree that we must do everything we can to save the rain forests, and I hope there are many more kids like you who want to do their part. Perodicticus 15:58, 23 October 2005 (UTC)